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September 11, 2022
We recently stayed at the Mohican Lodge at Mohican State Park. The layout is very similar to other state park lodges built around the same time. It is often much easier to get around by going outside the lodge going to and from your room. This lodge has and outdoor pool with a kiddy pool and and indoor pool.
August 5, 2022
On our way to Mohican State Park, we made a slight detour to eat lunch at Ye’ Olde Mill Velvet Ice Cream. Velvet Ice Cream no longer manufactures ice cream there, but it is a nice stop to eat and Read more…
The tour we signed up for was called Beyond the Bars. We had a fabulous guide whose true enthusiasm for this historical site shone through. It was so interesting to learn that before the reformatory was there, it was a Civil War training site and how the Reformatory came to be built, the early guiding principles that formed the early success of the Reformatory’s mission and how history unfolded that led to the dark later years of the Reformatory’s history.
September 3, 2021
Enjoy the photo slide show below of our visit. Today we visited The Wilds in Ohio again to do the open air safari tour. We had a great time and got to see the new greater one-horned Asian rhino 2 Read more…
July 7, 2021
If you have watched “Secrets of the Zoo” on Disney+, then you may be familiar with The Wilds, a conservation center in Southeast Ohio. This really is an amazing place to visit and I am so lucky to actually live not far from The Wilds. I have done the open air safari tour several times and enjoy that tour immensely, however as part of a recent stay-cation, I did the Wildside Tour. As amazing as the open air safari tour is, I had no idea what I was missing with the Wildside Tour!
June 23, 2021
We visited Otherworld in Columbus, Ohio the other day. Otherworld is an art museum in east Columbus located in an old strip mall. The tickets are purchased in advance on the website with a timed entry time. The ticket is Read more…