West Virginia

 We left Columbus and road-tripped to West Virginia

to check out the Good Zoo at Oglebay Park.

It was a Friday morning, and it felt like we had the place to ourselves!
We loved watching the red pandas.

This little tamarin was very interested in Harper.

We found a penny press machine

and learned that Harper's "wings" aren't as long as those of an eagle.

We got to see Harper's favorite animal

and our favorite part was hanging out inside the kangaroo exhibit!

We ate lunch at Route 88.  The burger and fries were fantastic and

the views were gorgeous!

There was even a fire pit

so we could make s'mores!

We had time to go for a swim

before grabbing dinner at Later Alligator!

Next, we headed over to Schenk Lake for Friday Night Lights.

We watched a laser light show over the lake that was synchronized to music.

We drank hot chocolate 

and checked it all out!

Our favorite part was doing Glow Putt! Mini golf is even more fun in the dark!

We loved making memories in West Virginia!

More Ohio Fun!

 We had just enough time to grab Shake Shack during our layover in St. Louis.

Harper still loves a hotel breakfast buffet.

We ate at Tommy's Diner- a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives favorite. Harper was so excited that she insisted on getting a photo with the photo of Guy Fieri!

The food was soooo yummy!

We found more tasty food later that night at the Budd Dairy Food Hall.

We went to Topiary Park

and loved checking out all the different topiaries.

We shopped at Easton Town Center.

It was a fun place with lots of great shops!

The mall even had a Pins Mechanical.
Harper knocked down all 10 pins on her first round!

There were lots of other games too.  We really enjoyed this sit-down soccer game.

Harper loved the giant Lite Brite

and Jenga too!

Condado Tacos was the perfect place for lunch!

We had the best time in Ohio!

Pumpkins Aglow

 We spent an evening at the Franklin Park Observatory.

We were lucky to be there during the Pumpkins Aglow celebration.

The whole place was lit up.

Harper loved the bubbles

and the games too!

The weather was perfect

and it was all so beautiful!

There were singing pumpkins

and lots of tunnels!

We had a great time checking it all out!

It was a beautiful night

at the Franklin Park Observatory.

Columbus Zoo

 We also checked out the Columbus Zoo.

We saw stingrays

and manatees!

They really liked eating lettuce.

We checked out the penguins

and okapi.

There were monkeys

and lions.

This cow kept mooing VERY loudly!

Our favorite exhibit was the savanna habitat with giraffes

and Harper's favorite animal --the zebra!

The best part was getting close to the giraffes

and feeding them!

I got to feed a giraffe too!

We had a great time at the Columbus Zoo!