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On Thursday, fellow Monroe News blogger Mike Ingels reviewed the Monroe Street Grille<\/a> on his Expatriate Monroe<\/em> blog.<\/p>\n

Well, just for that, yesterday, we went for a hike!<\/p>\n

Ok, I have to admit, the hike had been planned for a few days. And we did it partly as a way to actually have our first picnic of the summer in an amazing<\/em> location. Mike’s review really<\/em> had nothing to do with it. Sure is a strange coincidence though … \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

What we found after leaving Maumee Bay State Park was also … well, keep reading, and you’ll see what I mean …<\/p>\n

The afternoon started with\u00a0a late picnic lunch at the top of the massive steps at the Lake Erie lakefront of the lodge at Maumee Bay State Park<\/a> on Cedar Point Road east of Oregon, Ohio.<\/p>\n

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The cooler on the left is a heater\/cooler made by Coleman. It plugs directly into the cigarette lighter (or, as they’re labeling them now, “power port”) of a vehicle and can switch between heating and refrigeration functions. The juice pouches we’d put in the thing were so cold they were partly frozen!<\/p>\n

Here’s a better look at how these steps run along the lakeshore:<\/p>\n

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The two-mile hike along the boardwalk in the wooded and marsh area east of the lodge is well-marked as to what things are.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, as Briahna found, our search for wildlife in the area only showed evidence of other<\/em> kinds of “wildlife”. At this point, we were able to talk to the kids at length about respect for our natural areas, especially those set up for family explorations.<\/p>\n

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Halfway through the hike, at the two-deck observation tower, we all took a lengthy break.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, at about the mile-and-a-half point, another hiker we’d met at the observation tower\u00a0hurriedly came around a corner and motioned my kids to follow him, but quietly<\/em>. Respect for wildlife had suddenly became a reality for the kids.<\/p>\n

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Once we returned to the lodge and drove around to the swimming lake (no swimming is allowed from the park property in Lake Erie), I made it a point to do a small photographic study of the Snack Bar. This building\u00a0is very reminiscent of similar buildings along the eastern seaboard, particularly in the Boston and Cape Cod areas.<\/p>\n

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Along with offering snacks and small lunch-style meals, the Snack Bar rents boats by the hour for use in the non-swimming areas of the swimming lake.<\/p>\n

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On our way to the park we’d passed a Bed & Breakfast that looked quite nice. It had a wrap-around porch, and there were quite a few people enjoying breakfast at tables\u00a0on that porch. On our way back, we realized the house was surrounded by a pair or narrow rail lines! I turned the van\u00a0around, pulled into the driveway, went to the door … and was greeted by Linda Brinkman, Innkeeper of the B&B Railroad Depot<\/a>. Five years ago, Linda’s husband Nate, a boilermaker by trade, had put together the ridable train that surrounds the house. At the time, the house was a third as big as it is now. Being a commercial contractor, Linda, as she put it, “blew the roof off” the one-story house and expanded it into\u00a0her dream of having a\u00a0Bed & Breakfast\u00a0that the home\u00a0is now.<\/p>\n

All of this, again, is quite a coincidence. One of the dreams Mary and I have is that of owning our own Bed & Breakfast, where I can cook breakfast meals in the mornings for anyone who’s staying with us. What we found at the B&B Railroad Depot is incredibly similar to the kind of thing we’ve discussed. While giving us a tour of the house, Linda also gave us the current breakfast menu. At this time, guests can chose from omelets (including seafood), crepes, pancakes, fresh fruit, muffins … oh yeah, this is our kind of place! And that’s certainly my kind of menu.<\/p>\n

My dad has been a railroad nut for most of his 84 years. Not only that, he and mom love breakfast as much as I do. The next time they’re down for the weekend, we’re pretty sure where we’re all going to stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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