Vacation in Ohio

I live too close to really enjoy any of these places (know how that is?). For instance... Amish Country. People flock to Ohio's Amish country every year. The first thing I notice is they still list Millersburg as the "heart" of Amish country. There's nothing in Millersburg anymore. Everything is east of there in towns like Berlin, Sugarcreek, Charm, Walnut Creek. If you really want to experience Amish country you have to get out of all of that mess though and just get a county map and drive around to the tiny little communities passed by all that commercialism. They'll try to sell you "Amish" everything Amish salsa even! An amish friend of my family was riding in the car with my mom and saw a sign and said "Amish water? We have our own water now?". I see Amish everytime I go to the grocery. They drive by my house every day so it's normal life to me. Nothing to get excited about. I do like Lehman's hardware in Kidron. Last time I was there I saw not one Amish though! They sell a lot to the movie industry. They specialize in non electric items. I took my friends 15 year old when she visited from out of state. I told her the place would either bore her to tears or she'd love it. She LOVED it.
Cincinatti, Ohio has a lot of interesting things. One of the most interesting I think are the old paddle wheelers that move up and down the Ohio River. Cincinatti also has a great Zoo, aquarium and loads of history. Especially history having to do the the underground railroad. They also had Jerry Springer as a mayor, you can't beat that! Just kidding!
Columbus is famous for Jack Hannah and the Columbus Zoo. The gorilla's are wonderful, The whole zoo is just a really nice place to take kids. The Olentangy Caverns are nearby also. We went there once and it's so odd to enter this little building, go down a bunch of steps and end up in an underground world where indians held council. When I go to Columbus it's usually for one reason, Easton. Yes, it's shopping, but it's soooo cool! I think Columbus is my favorite large city.
Of course there's the Ohio State University campus also.
Cleveland is probably most famous for the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. I've never been there. My cousin is a year older than me and she went and said it's more for older people. I have been to the Great Lakes Science Center right beside the Rock Hall and Isaiah loved it. We've went a couple times. Most of our trips to Cleveland are for Naomi's trip to the Cleveland Clinic, I can't say I reccomend an extended stay there if you're perfectly healthy! I can't think of a place I'd rather be if I were sick though. Cleveland is also the home of Case Western University which has an amazingly beautiful campus. The whole University Circle area is nice,( museums and such).
You can take a dinner cruise out onto Lake Erie from Cleveland and in the summer the Tall Ships come in and that is so cool! They dock for a while and there's a whole festival. Think old wood pirate ships.
The Lake Erie Islands are another nice place I've never been. Probably because my mom grew up so close to them and actually went to 4-H camp on Kelly's Island. My grandma's family actually came over to the U.S.A as German-Russians and an uncle started a winery on Kelly's Island that is still there. There's also Put-in-Bay Island. I hear the water off the islands is crystal clear.
If you like rollercoasters Ohio is the state for you! King's Island near Cincinatti or Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio are both great parks. My grandparents lived within 10 miles of Cedar Point so I've been there more times than I can count! They've got plenty of coaster's I'll tell you that!!!! Also in Sandusky (litterally bordering land my mother's family members farm) is the country's largest indoor water park. We go there every year for Isaiah's birthday. It's named Kalahari and there are other Kalahari's in Wisconsin Dells and some where in Virginia, but this one is the largest. There's also several other indoor water parks in Sandusky. I don't know how any of them make any money there's so much of them anymore!
Well that's a small sampling of things to do in Ohio!