Anthony's+Travel+Journal

=JULY 21=

DEAR JOURNAL , ====My family started out on a looong trip around Ohio. We began our trip wanting to visit some natural resources. We headed southwest for about 121 miles that took 2 hours and 1 minute until we reached the city of [|Cincinatti]. The first natural resource was the Giant Redwood Trees. They looked like they were 150 years old and the tree trunks were so large that you could carve a tunnel wide enough for a car to drive through.====

====Next, we went to the [|Reds Hall of Fame and Museum]====

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====in Cincinnati. There were a lot of pictures of famous baseball players like Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan. We stayed at the Cincinnatian Hotel which had a really cool water fountain at the front entrance. The next morning we ate a yummy french toast and waffle breakfast before heading over to [|Kings Island] & [|Coco Key Water Resort.] There were a lot of water rides and snow cones that cooled us down.====

=July 22= ====[|Cleveland] was the next city that we wanted to explore in Ohio. We headed northeast for about 239 miles which took us 3 hours and 45 minutes exactly! We stayed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the night and were able to stop by and get some chocolate from [|Fantasy Candies' Chocolate Factory] about 11.5 miles away.====

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====The Chocolate looked so fresh I wanted to steel all of it. The next day we went to [|Cedar Point]. We had so much fun because we rode a lot of really tall rides that were super fast!====



=July 23= ====Our next adventure took us to [|Akron] that was about 106 miles east traveling for 1 hour and 53 minutes. My dad wanted to see the [|Pro Football Hall of Fame & Museum]. My family saw pictures that we thought were very old because they were printed all in black and white color. We took a short 8 mile drive northwest and arrived at a store named "[|Harry London Chocolates]". The candy smelled so good that I asked for a sample of the dark chocolate, my sister tasted a chocolate that was shaped like a crown and my dad ate some with peanuts. My mom was getting tired and decided to reserve a room for us to spend the night at the [|Great Wolf Lodge]. The room had a bunk bed and I got to sleep on the top! The lodge had a very cool indoor water park with rides that went from the inside to the outside and then back inside.====

=**July 24**= ====We drove west 2 hours and 14 min that is 138 miles to [|Toledo]. First, we went to the Hampton Inn, sat our stuff down and got settled in. Soon we went to the sports arena and had a lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot of fun there. Then we went to the [|Toledo Museum of art] that was built in 1901. The Museum had awesome paintings and cool glass sculptures that you could live in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!==== =July 25= ====Next, we went east to [|Lake Erie] about 219 miles for 3 hour 29 minutes. We stayed at the awesome **[|South Beach Resort Hotel]** for three days. At the South Beach Resort,my mom enjoyed sunbathing while the rest of the family played in the water. My sister and I had surfing races and I beat her to the shore. I hurried inside because I had way to much sand in my pants. It got late so I went and took a shower and went to bed. the next day me and my dad built a sand castle that had rocks and sand for the walls. It was so fun **!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.**====

= = =July 28= ====Finally, we traveled south about 129 miles for 2 hours 45 minutes and arrived at the [|Historical Center]in [|Columbus]. Franklin Park was only 4.4 miles away so we spent an entire day there and had ice cream for a snack. We stayed at the Hilton Hotel at Easton which is a four star hotel. My mom & sister really liked how clean everything was and all the shopping. My dad and I enjoyed Graeter's Ice Cream and the [|AMC Movie Theaters]. Our last stop was making a quick stop to [|COSI]so we could learn about a ton of cool stuff. We got to experiment a lot and even rode a bike on a wire that ran high above the ground. Our trip is now done and I must say that Ohio is tons of====

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**Anthony**
=places my family went=

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