Day 21 – July 9, 2019

Our next stop is Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is possibly the finest roller coaster park in the world. Tent camping in Sandusky was looking iffy and expensive. And the forecast includes night time thunder storms.

We turned our attention to the hotel websites. After much searching, I found one of the official Cedar Point hotels listed on Hotwire. This hotel retails for $160 per night and we got it for 2 nights at $54 per night. We need it for one more night and we might end up paying big bucks for it. We will see.

We started the day in South Ohio and we needed to get to North Ohio. It’s a four hour drive. About an hour outside Cincinnati, we stopped at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

This park is mainly focused on the Wright Brothers and their life in Dayton. We got to visit the shop where the Wright Brothers manufactured bicycles. That business gave them the opportunity to invent and build the world’s first airplane.

Ashley pounded out another Jr. Ranger booklet and before long scored badge number 6.

So it looks like the luck is swinging our way and we are feeling pretty good. Which of course about the time that luck of the other variety reminds us that it’s still there.

We made a stop at Walmart and Kathy asked if I noticed one of the tires looked low. I hadn’t but I would check. Yep, it was definitely low. Upon further investigation I found a small nail in it.

Then good luck returned. A Discount Tire was just a mile away. They fixed us up for free within an hour and we were back on the road.

While we waited for the tire repair, we played a game of Mario Party. Ashley had a chance to win the game late but decided to play easy so that Kathy could score a star. Unfortunately for her, this opened the door for me to win for the first time ever. I was thrilled as a win is a win. Ashley, however, was not pleased and did not appreciate me taking a photo of my winning screen.

So Ashley defaced my photo with graffiti to make her point.

A few hours later, we arrived at Cedar Point and did our traditional evening pop in. We got our free meal – burritos – and hit a few rides. The weather was mild and the crowds were sparse. We want to get up early tomorrow to get a jump on the crowds, so I forced us to leave around 8. It was not easy to depart.

The Cedar Point Hotel is great. We got a nice room and we are just a few minutes from the park.

We should sleep well tonight.