1. A return trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando to the Magic Kingdom to ride rides and to see more of Disney's Hollywood Studios, since we didn't get to see as much of that as we wanted. The best time to go is in September and since we home school that isn't a problem for us.
2. Jekyll Island Georgia and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Go on a turtle walk or behind the scenes tour to really learn more about the Sea Turtle. Go swimming. Check out more stuff on the island such as the Tidelands Nature Center.
3. A camping trip to Northwest Ohio to the Lake Erie Islands. We can hit Cedar Point for Amusement Park fun with the adjacent Soak City for water park fun.
The Lake Erie Islands are our favorite place to visit and can only be reached by boat or plane. Cars are permitted on all three island; however a golf cart or bicycle offer a slower pace to enjoy the beauty around you. Rental shops are located within walking distance of the ferry docks.
Take the ferry to Kelly's Island and check out the glacial grooves. Kelly's Island offers boating, bicycling, fishing, fossil hunting, scuba diving, snorkeling, (check out the 50 shipwrecks around the island) picnicking, playgrounds, sailing and sea kayaking. Kelly's Island State Park has camping for RVs and tents, hiking trails and a beach for swimming.
Middle Bass island with glacial grooves, small houses, rental cabins, camping, beaches, marinas, a historic district, a wildlife refuge and soon - an Ohio state park. It's accessible by public ferries, private boats & planes and air service.
Put in Bay is on South Bass Island. There are several independently owned hotels (no chain hotels here) along with bed & breakfast inns, island cottages, private homes and condominiums. There is a state park with 10 full service camp sites with electric, sewer and water along with 125 non-electric sites. Put in Bay is home to Perry's Victory and International Peace Monument. There is para-sailing, golf, mini-golf, a rock climbing wall, kayaking, jet skiing, fishing, swimming, boating and bicycling. You can tour a historical society museum, a butterfly house, an aquatic resource center, a historical home tour, and a museum of island life. There is a tour train with an hour long narrative tour of the island, two caves to explore and a family owned historic winery to tour. There are lots of entertainers and festivals throughout the summer season.
Back on shore, in the winter (or summer), we can hit all the indoor water parks: Great Wolf Lodge, Castaway Bay, Kalahari and Rain.
4. Kennywood and Idlewild are two great family fun amusement parks we LOVE to visit over in our neighboring state of Pennsylvania. Kennywood is a little closer for us and a standard old fashion amusement park but offers great deals and lots of thrills for my not so brave girls that still want amusement park fun. Idlewild is a slower paced park and little further away for us but includes the water park. It's great for real little ones because it incorporates Story Book Forest and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. But for the older ones there is the water park and a few rides that still provide thrills big enough for my girls.
5. Lastly - Mom's Idea - a trip to Kentucky...not only do we have friends there, I've seen a few places I think the kids (and grown-ups) might enjoy:
- Creation Museum with 70,000 square feet that bring the pages of the Bible alive with lots of exhibits, theater presentations and live plants. I really think this would be so awesome to check out.
- The Newport Aquarium with a million gallons of water displaying animals from around the world. You can touch a shark and meet a penguin too.
- Drive further south to Mammoth Cave National Park. In this area there is lots to do with 8 different cave tours, an alpine slide, horse back riding, golf, canoeing, the national corvette museum and much more.
- For the horse lovers, from Downtown Lexington you can take a 3 hour narrated Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Farms tour.
- And finally, if you really want to check out Kentucky's back roads try finding Loretta Lynn's birthplace. Here is a website that gives directions. Here are two reviews from Trip Advisor and although they are a few years old, the place sounds very interesting and not overrun with tourist traps.
I can think of many other places to go that we could all enjoy but we'll just have to save those for another post down the road. :)
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