May 28, 2008

Columbus Area Weekend Trips - A Travel Report

Posted to Columbus Attractions, Greg Giessler

Lake Erie, it's truly one of our Great Lakes! One of the nice amenities of living in Columbus, Ohio is the availability to travel within two hours and be accessible to so many entertaining places. This past Memorial Day weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Ruggles Beach which is located between two port towns of Huron and Vermilion. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer season on the lake. For many, it is the first weekend to set aside time to work on the boat and get it ready for the summer season. Many times it is the first weekend for friends to get together, enjoy the weather, grill out, and swap stories from the winter lull and share their excitement for being back on the water! It also enables those who enjoy fishing to talk shop about whether to fish for Walleye, Perch, and Small Mouth Bass and/or where the best place is to catch them. You can tell the die hard fisherman because by the time you are ready to go out on your boat they are already gearing up to cook their fish breakfast because they have caught their limit!

Fortunately for me it was the perfect weekend. I caught my largest Walleye ever of 26 inches much to my brother-in-law’s dismay. He is little more of a fanatic about fishing than me….just a wee bit. I think I might have ruffled his feathers a little by continually letting him know about the size of my fish. All in good cheer! I am also currently running with a MIT (marathon in training) group on Saturday mornings. Unfortunately, since I was at Lake Erie I was unable to run on the first Saturday with the club. However, I was able to have an enjoyable an eleven mile run, in the crisp morning air, on the shores of Lake Erie. I would not have changed a thing! You always know you have an enjoyed a weekend when you are sad to leave and I definitely did not want to go home! Hopefully I will be able to go up to the lake sooner than later…

Two websites include http://discoververmilion.com and http://cityofhuron.org if you are interested in learning more. As well, many other attractions are within a stones throw of these two towns including Cedar Point, an amusement park and access to Put-N-Bay and Kelley’s Island.

Posted By: Greg Giessler