A good weekend

So, I took Friday off and Jessica took the weekend off, and we took a trip north to Put-In-Bay. For those of you that don't know, Put-In-Bay is the tourist name for South Bass Island in Lake Erie. We drove up to Port Clinton and rode the Jet Express (a fast ferry boat) to the island (about a 25 minuted ride). South Bass Island is one island in a cluster of several islands in the middle of Lake Erie. For you historians, South Bass Island is where Commadore Perry docked his fleet during the war of 1812. His victory over the Brittish fleet is why we (those of us born in Toledo, Ohio) are Americans instead of Canadians. Something else I found interesting is that Lake Erie has the highest (or maybe second highest) number of ship wrecks on a body of fresh water. We took a tour of the island, which included stops at Heineman's Winery, which has some GOOOOD wine and a cool tour of a Crystal Cave, the largest geode in the world. We also say Perry's Cave, which was kinda interesting. There was an underground lake which was crystal clear water from Lake Erie that was naturally filtered by the limestone rock in the cave. Native Americans living on the island showed the lake to Commadore Perry who used the water for his troops since the water out of Lake Erie was unsafe to drink. Just a bit of history for you all. The tour also had a stop at the "War of 18 Holes" which was a mini-golf course (notice the name-spoof: War of 18 Holes, War of 1812. Those island folk are clever.) The historical information from the tour guide was kinda funny. We learned about all of these grand hotels that were built in the 1800's that could hold so many people, and then burned down. At least 8 historical buildings on the island (mostly hotels) where burned to the ground. It was funny because the tour guide would tell us that we were approaching the site of a historical hotel or other building, "However, it was burned to the ground in....." The main street on the Island (Delaware Ave. I think) was kind of like a mix of Cedar Point's shopping area the French Quarter in New Orleans. It was a long line of shops, resturants, and bars. The crown that wandered the streets resembled a mix of the crowds of Cedar Point (families that go for the touring and family activities) and the crowds in the French Quarter (drunks guys that make fools of themselves and drunker girls that want to show everyone their boobies). since Jessica and I were in the previous group of people, we hung out in our room after we went to see all of the things we wanted to see. We had a jaccuzzi tub, candles, and plenty of wine, so we were able to entertain ourselves. All in all, it was a good time. I will post some pictures later. Oh, and if the pictures we took came out OK, I have a game of WOW for you all to play. WWW is a game that I invented called "Which One in the Woman". On the tram we took for the tour, there was a man and a woman sitting next to each other and from behind, it was tough to tell which one was the woman. I hope the pics come out OK.

In football news, OSU beat Cincinnati 37-7 and M*ch*g*n stomped Notre Dame by some rediculous score of, like 976 to 24. Ok, it wasn't that bad, but it made me gain a bit of fear for the OSU vs UM game at the end of the season.