Derek has been wanting to get up to Ohio for quite some time and we were excited to add this to our 2025 travel! I really didn't want to fly up 5 people just to Ohio so we added Chicago to the trip. We flew into Chicago and spent a few days there then rented a car and drove to Ohio stopping to spend a day on Put-in-Bay island. We did ALLL the things in Chicago... Shedd Aquarium, the Starbucks reserve, the Harry Potter store, the Navy Pier (where we saw fireworks!), the Bean, the Federal Reserve, and Architecture tour and even splurged on tickets to a Cubs game at Wrigley on Father's Day. We ate ALL the foods and packed in as much as we could in our time there even walking with the No Kings protest march for about 50 feet. This was unplanned but great for our kiddos to experience! On our drive over to the island we spent a bit of time at Indiana Dunes National Park dipping our toes into the freezing water and attempting to run up the huge dunes. On the island we did the cave tour, mini golf, butterfly exhibit, stopped at Heinemans Winery, ate daddy's favorite lobster roll on the boardwalk and more! In Cleveland we were able to show the bigs the hospital where they were born as well as both of our houses (one in Lakewood and one in Avon Lake). We also enjoyed the Great Lakes Science Center (Will's favorite!), the Cleveland Museum of Art and the zoo while gaining 7 pounds eating at Angelo's, The Winking Lizard, Mitchell's, Malley's and the Westside Market. Overall it was such a great trip. Our kiddos are excellent travelers and Will even handled the crazy amount of walking we did all over Chicago on day 1.
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