42. Less Obvious Trip Ideas: Toledo Ohio

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This week a little something different.
Recently, I drove from New Jersey to

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Chicago and back, and along the
way, I visited things called rest stops,

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and I'm walking through and I saw
visitors guides to the local areas,

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and I'm like, Okay, let
me grab some stuff. This is a

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trip I do a lot. Let
me see if I can find some new

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places to check out. So this
week is somewhere that I have not been

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from. Destination Toledo. It's the
twenty twenty two Official Visitors Guide to Toledo.

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Let's browse through the magazine and see
what we see. I'm doing this

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cold. The first name catches my
eye or a picture of two giraffes in

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Toledo. Yeah, it's the African
Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton, Ohio.

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Get in touch with your wild side
at this popular attraction, which features

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drive through and walk through safari experiences
and the chance to spot dozens of animals,

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including bison, chemicals, and alpacas. That's a good time. Cedar

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Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Catch
all the thrills on Cedar Points roller coasters,

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including the Millennium Force and Steel Vengeance. This amusement park turned to one

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hundred and fifty in twenty twenty.
Wow the four nineteen ALE Trail Toledo and

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Northwest Ohio. Sign up for the
four nineteen ALE Trail mobile passport. Then

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plan a road trip and start checking
in at the innovative small town breweries and

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craft beverage makers in Northwest Ohio.
Sounds awesome, Hey, wife, you're

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gonna have to drive The Glass City. Toledo sparkles as a starting point for

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any Ohio exploration thanks to affordable accommodations
plenty to see, such as the Toledo

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Zoo and Aquarium, Metroparks Toledo,
the Toledo Mud Hens, and plenty of

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great restaurants, including the iconic Tony
Paco's. Great That was just one page.

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Let's keep going here. Driver boat
passed the new Glass City River Wall,

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an amazing mural transforming at MS Green
Silos into the largest mural in the

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country. The wall showcases the city's
dedication to the arts and urban renewal while

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telling the story of its rich and
vibrant cultural history. That sounds like a

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good time now I've flipped the page
to Taste of Toledo. It's a nice

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lady holding a year this has already
got my attention. Let's see part of

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that four nineteen al trail I was
telling you about. Visit Ernest brew Works,

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Downtown Toledo tap Room, Relax at
Twin Oast Brewings, Rolling Estate taste

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IPAs an elevated pub, grub at
Two Bandits Brewing Company, or samples small

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batches from the Layered Arcade Brewery.
You can even follow up your afternoon bike

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ride or a hike with a beer
tasting at the new Heavy Wheelhouse at Oak

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Openings Preserved Metropark. Let's talk food. Try the Fala Filicious crepe at Crepe's

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Delicious, or Tofu Scramble at the
Leaf and Seat Cafe. Build your own

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Condondo tacos with veggie chreizo or barbecue
jackfruit, customized bowls and tacos at the

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Balance Pan Asian Grill. This all
sounds wonderful, Toledo. Keep your eye

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out for Toledo's dynamic food truck scene. The Bistro Burger truck dishes out towering

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cheeseburgers, while Smash Dogs dawg Z
gets creative with classic chili dogs. Big

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Seas Barbecue serves slow smoked barbecue like
ribs and pulled pork, while Grumpies on

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the Go brings sandwich and salads right
to you. So far, Toledo sounds

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awesome. Celebrate every season, all
right, Let's read the summer part.

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Take advantage of the glorious summer weather
at a Toledo Mudhan's game. They are

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the Triple A affiliate of the Detroit
Tigers. I don't know anything about them

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other than Max Klinger. Like them
on the mash. Grab a paddle and

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kayak and enjoy the scenery along the
Mammi River water trail that connects thirty nine

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natural areas, including seven metro parks
Toledo locations. Then kick back and settle

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in for a big screen double feature
at the nineteen fifty style Sundance Kid Drive

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in oh Planner Track and load up
the car in August for the annual Toledo

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Jeepfest. Would celebrates Toledo's part and
producing this iconic vehicle. Super cool.

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Let's see amusement themed attractions. We
talked about Cedar Point Amusement Park. How

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about the Ghostly Manner Thrill Center.
Fun for the entire family. Enjoy roller

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skating, bounce houses, mini golf, motion Theater, virtual Reality, a

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haunted house and escape room, and
more. Imagination Station Toledo's Science Center,

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dedicated to making science, technology,
engineering, and math fun and accessible.

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Urban air adventure park. It's operated
for birthdays and events, indoor go karts,

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skywrider, Warrior Course, trampoline center, dodgeball and more. Awesome Toledo

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Botanical Garden I Love Botanical Gardens featuring
sixty plus sprawling acres filled with ten thousand

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plus plants of twenty three hundred varieties, an artistan village, and a children's

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secret forest. It's also the Shadel
Aboratorium and Gardens, a seventeen acre garden

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estate which features an amazing collection of
rear trees, unusual plants, theme gardens,

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sculptures, and more. The American
Civil War Museum of Ohio eight rooms

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of hands on exhibits for adults and
children designed enhance here experience and knowledge of

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the Civil War. The Canal Experience
get a taste of life on a Miami

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and Erie canal. In eighteen seventy
six, it bore the Volunteer, a

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reproduction canal boat staff with characters in
period at tire and pulled by mules from

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the adjacent towpath. Wow say it. These Toledo people have done a great

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job. Snook's Dream Cars featuring a
nineteen forties era Texico gas station. This

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showroom has an expansive Memorabilian automobile collection
with Ford, Chevrolet, Packard, Jaguar,

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and other nineteen thirties to nineteen sixty
models. Cool Eatian Greek Zoo.

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Get up close with exotic animals such
as camels, giraffes, kangaroos, sloths,

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zebras, and much more. Open
April December and the Toledo Zoo and

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a chorium. Joy making memories as
you and your family explore indoor and outdoor

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exhibits to feature more than ten thousand
individual animals representing over seven hundred twenty species.

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Here's a big ad for Schmucker's Good
Food, a Toledo tradition since nineteen

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forty eight. Looks like we have
a nice piece of pie here a classic

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looking cheeseburger or some delicious looking fries, some good looking breakfast for breakfast,

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launch dinner and pie pie in all
caps. Enjoy an authentic home cooked diner

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experience at Schmucker's restaurant. Looks good
Pacos Eastern European kitchen. They've been hyping

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this up. I'm not familiar with
it. Let's see. Proudly serving authentic

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Hungarian cuisine in the Toledo area since
nineteen thirty two. Wow, come in

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and try our world famous Pacos hot
dog, chicken, paprikas or perogis while

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they are stopped by the gift shop
for a vast selection of Paco's retail products,

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including original pickles, barbecue sauce,
spicy ketchup, and more. There

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are five locations. That sounds awesome
seeing a lot of breweries and a lot

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of wineries. Definitely gonna have to
make the wife drive on this one.

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This next page find your next adventure. Archery, bowling, golf, Marinas,

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nature preserves professional sports including the mud
Hens, Toledo Speedway and the Toledo

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Walleye Hockey Club. Archery sounds fun. Archery is fun for everyone, they

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write. Indoor range located in downtown
Toledo, Beginners ages three two one hundred

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and three can learn to shoot.
I was gonna bring Grandma, she's one

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hundred and five. Oh well.
Antiques and Collectibles. The Sylvania Toy Company

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family owned business specializing in old toys
from the sixties to now buy and sell

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video games, action figures, legos, and more. I bet that's like

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super secret fun. That's a good
time. So Toledo, where is it

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even right? Let's see, Toledo
is an Ohio city. I knew that

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at the western tip of Lake Erie
because I'm driving from New Jersey to Chicago.

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Looks like we're a little pass Cleveland
and not too far from Detroit.

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Maybe I'll do like a Cleveland Toledo
Detroit. This episode really turned me on

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to Toledo. Looks like there's a
lot of cool things to do there.

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So for me coming out of New
Jersey, I would take Root eighty West

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for like eight hours and like five
hundred miles. I would take Exit two

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O one B and get on I
seventy five North and then drive two miles

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to South Erie Street. So really
not out of the way at all.

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For the next time I'm doing that
New York to Chicago run. Okay,

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sounds cool. So that's Toledo.
I'm gonna do a couple of these episodes.

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I'm getting ready for a Los Angeles
trip and then I'll have some stuff

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on the ground there. But like
I mentioned at the top, I grabbed

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a bunch of these visitors Guides,
so we're gonna do some Midwest. Hey,

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wouldn't it be cool if episodes?
But Toledo, your visitor Guide,

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has impressed me, and now I
want to go there. You could follow

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See you next week.