Put-in-Bay

Yes, it's been awhile but I've been a bit distracted by Facebook. It's quick and easy and I'm very short on time a lot...imagine that!! But I haven't forgotten about the blog so here is an update finally....

A couple of weekends ago we spent our Saturday at the little village of Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island out on Lake Erie. It's been since college that Brian and I went out there and I've been wanting to go all summer so we finally got a free weekend to go.

We drove to Port Clinton and hopped on the Jet Express for the 20 minute boat ride out to the island. The kids thought the ride was pretty cool. On the way there we rode on the top deck so we could look out and see all the other boats.

Once we arrived we set ourselves up with the coolest mode of transportation on the island....a golf cart. The island is fairly small so you can easily get anywhere with a golf cart or bike and it's so much easier getting through the crowds and finding a place to park when you're on a golf cart as opposed to a car. I think this was the favorite part of the entire day for Ian too. He thought it was so much fun riding around and he never wanted to get off the cart.

Put-in-Bay is a little village on one side of the island and it contains all the shops, restaurants, etc. The rest of the island has houses, winerys, a State park, a small airport and uninhabited woods or open spaces. We pretty much covered every part of the island that we could and spent most of our time just driving around enjoying the scenery. There are about 200 people that live on the island year-round and while it's beautiful there in the summer it's crazy to think they have to have everything flown in to them in the winter. There is even one school on the island that has grades K-12 and kids from the smaller islands nearby come there to attend. It's definitly a fascinating little community.

Here are some pics from one of our stops at a look out point:

Here's a picture of the big monument that is on the island to commemorate Commodore Perry's naval victory over the British in the War of 1812. You could take an elevator to the top but we decided to skip that and just enjoy it from the ground.

By late afternoon we were all so tired so we decided to get on the boat and head back home. Luckily there is one that leaves about every 40 minutes so we didn't have to wait to get back. We rode on the inside bottom deck on the way home but the kids still got to look out at the boats and other islands on the return trip. It was a great day and we can't wait to get back next summer!!