On our last full day here, we decided to visit the American Sign Museum.

If you’re a fan of old neon signs and vintage items, it’s worth a stop. Everyone enjoyed visiting here.

The kids were enamored with all of the neon signs. They also loved the way the place was built, like its own little city.

On 9/11, we made it a point to stop at another 9/11 at some point during the day.

The one in Cincinnati was much smaller than the other one we visited. However, at least they had something set up.

For dinner, we went to Dewey’s Pizza – because why not?!

The pizza was excellent. I wasn’t sure it would be, but it was terrific- some of the best I’ve had. Everyone agreed.

And that wraps up our trip!

Now it’s time to head to bed early, as our flight leaves early tomorrow morning.

Side note: We contacted the TSA while we were traveling. We wanted to see if I could get back through security on our way home. They informed me that I shouldn’t have any issues. So we will see!

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Something you would think would be in abundance? Dairy farms.

We didn’t actually come across any randomly while driving throughout the sate. We did however, find one that was listed as a top place to visit.

Young’s Dairy Farm.

We stopped here and got some ice cream. We also paid for some tickets for the kids to take a ride on their carousel. Many of the activities, unfortunately, require a some amount of money. Due to this, we didn’t explore everything. Some of the activities looked fun, others? They wouldn’t have been worth the money.

There was a play area available. It is equivalent to a play area for kids that you see at most malls. It costs around $5 per kid. Worth skipping.

We did get some ice cream and other items from their gift store. We couldn’t pass up some ice cream, could we?

Even if I thought we could, it would be simply unacceptable to our kids!

Next Stop? The National Museum of the United States Air Force. It’s a free stop and 100% worth checking out.

There were many things to explore here. I believe they had three main branches to explore. We only had time to check out one area which took several hours to do.

After that stop, we were spent. Could be because of the kids running everywhere and fighting throughout the museum. Luca and Ezra wanted to be in and out of the push cart. That might have been a factor in our exhaustion.

We then headed out to Culver’s across the state line in Indiana. We haven’t eaten there since we lived in Arizona and thought it would be nice. It was mostly nice, but really expensive.

After eating, I was looking on maps and noticed there were some dinosaurs nearby. Dinosaurs+kids=happy kids. Honestly, it was pretty good and they moved as you got close to them. These small stops along the road ended up being time well spent.

The dinosaurs were from an area called Uranus. Next to the dino display, they had a little shop and store… so we stopped in. We ended up getting fudge from Uranus. They really know how to pack it.

The kids had a great time at that place.

Next stop? Our hotel.

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The Heart Of It All!

That is what Ohio is commonly called. Why is that? I looked it up, and mainly because it’s within a day’s trip to over half of the US population. It is a great place to start traveling from. You can reach many places and states within just a few hours.

Anyway! We visited another covered bridge—this time with an incident.

My mom was getting out of the car. She took a step down the incline that her and my dad parked next to when… well, she took a tumble.

Her knee is all bruised up and a little bloody. She said her shoulder is killing her as well.
Ugh. Well, despite that she smiled for the photos throughout the day.

After we finished bandaging her knee, we took a trip to the Ohio State Capitol. It’s a pretty nice Capitol building. Not the most luxurious… but still good. I’d say the most luxurious I’ve seen is probably Washington State; however, this still felt very nice.

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Then we became the Children of the Corn(field).

Nah, not quite. But it does have a cool name.

Curious?

Cornhenge.

No, I’m not kidding.

We took some touristy photos, because that’s what you have to do! Plus, we take these kinds of photos even where we live.

The nice part is having everyone included in the photos. It’s excellent for lasting memories.

Next stop? A 9/11 memorial.

We had the kids look up some names from 9/11. Names from documentaries we had them watch. They found them on the walls with all the names of people who died in the attack. Then we learned all about the memorial pieces. They had steel beams from the tower, as well as some rail from the subway that ran under the towers. It was a memorial worth visiting.

We ended the day by going to Bob Evans. Why?

Kids eat free.

Unfortunately, when we received our bill, the kids meals were still listed. I had to go up and get that corrected. They also didn’t deduct a coupon that we had. Outside of that? The food was pretty mediocre.

The highlight of Bob Evans was that their cold and specialty coffee and teas get free refills.

After this long day, we were ready for bed.

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