{Ohio} Cedar Point's Beach

Ahh, finally, my phone allowed the photos to be uploaded. I also finally got around to trying for the third or fourth time...

Anyway, these are obviously from our trip to Cedar Point a couple weeks ago. While at the theme park we went through one of their side gates to get onto the beach. There's something so relaxing about water and the beach, whether it's the ocean or a really big lake that makes you think it should be the ocean (as in you can't see the other side!).



Here's a shot for Lily, who wasn't with us but we were thinking about her. 

The bird prints in the sand made for a great pattern and it definitely made me wish I had my better camera.

The view from the beach of two of the rides we rode.

Doug in the water. It wasn't the warmest water ever, but it wasn't terribly cold either.

Pretty.

And of course, to celebrate...

To see more photos from our trip to Cedar Point, check the rides we rode, our hotel, how I stole some sand, and our trip to IKEA (after we drove to Chicago).

{Ohio} Stealing Sand

While Doug and I were at Cedar Point, we left the park to enjoy a walk on the beach of Lake Erie. While enjoying the quietness and smooth sand, I remembered these ornaments and how I had already started my collection when we went to Florida and I picked up some sand. This time around, however, I wasn't prepared with a baggy. We did have a backpack with some snacks and things in there. If I had been thinking, we would have kept one of the soda bottles we had but of course that didn't happen. So, we came up wit this... 

It's a fruit roll up wrapper with one of my bandaids on it (fresh, unused) to hold it close. We really didn't want to sand everywhere in our new backpack. 

It's the perfect amount to be put in an ornament for Christmas so we can remember our trip. 

So maybe I should post something about how you shouldn't really steal sand.... so, let's just call it relocating... 

{Ohio} Cedar Point's Rides

Doug and I chose to go to Cedar Point because it's a day's drive from our house (a long one, but still do-able) and because it's one of the best theme parks in America. I could have probably spent an entire day taking photos with my real camera and not just my phone, but that wasn't going to happen. We even ended up renting a locker for the majority of the day. We had to to ride some of the rides but also because their water rides get you SOAKED! Other theme parks gets you a little wet, but I went under every single waterfall in one ride and my clothes (we didn't wear our swim suits since we weren't going to the actual water park) were wet for hours.

Anyway, enough talk, here are the pictures....

Our drive onto the island - you can see the rides in the distance.

Skyline and Lake Erie from the Ferris Wheel.

We actually didn't ride this ride but have before. Two "legs" go up fast and down slow, the other two go up slow and down fast so you have a choice.

Another view of the Lake and the park.

{Ohio} Cedar Point

Years ago, 2006 in fact, Doug and I didn't have the money for our honeymoon and decided that we'd do a theme park themed honeymoon whenever we could get away and have money. We have done two already (that are closer to home) over the years and we finally drove the 10+ hours to Sandusky, Ohio - home of Cedar Point. It's a great place that I had been too previously but Doug had never gone. Plus, theme parks are great about adding new things so it's always new.

We arrived Tuesday evening and this was the view from our hotel. It was called a "bay view" and I'm not sure what bay this was but it was nice. I love the water and so this was great. The weird pattern is from the screen. The entire balcony was screened in, which was nice to keep the bugs away and also safe to keep people from falling in, but wasn't great for photos.

This was our deck the next day, I was trying to take a photo of the cute little bird that was starring at me but this was the closest I got. Oh well. It at least shows our balcony, the boardwalk (connecting the TGI Fridays on one end of the hotel and the other end of the hotel).

Here's another shot the next night. The building on the right is a part of the hotel spa and houses their indoor pool. It's complimentary if you buy any of their services but we didn't know that until after we stayed two nights (and used their services but left afterwards).

Inside the hotel was a breakfast restaurant that we went to both mornings. It was all you can eat and included almost everything you'd want - fruit, yogurt, cereals, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy (delicious gravy for a hotel!), pancakes, French toast, syrup, pastries and breads. It was a great little place and decorated with a beach theme. I took a photo of this one because my grandpa's name was Rex and he was into boats so I thought my family might like it.

I'll show my Cedar Point photos later, I just wanted to prove that I'm still here!