Cincinnati

Early this spring my brother, Rob and I talked about summer vacations. Then around the time we were planning ours, he decided on going to Kings Island in Cincinnati and invited us to go. Naturally, I wouldn't go to the theme park, but there are other things to see and do as well. He took off work the week after our vacation to the Smokies, so I went back and forth a lot on whether or not to go. Finally, at the last minute, I decided to make the trip. My mom came with so we were able to split a lot of expenses and only stayed two nights.

Our first full day we went to the zoo and boy was it hot!! I went through

a lot of water and was pretty tired by day's end

The second day we went to the aquarium, which was actually just across the Kentucky border. Cincinnati is right on that edge, but I was still surprised when their aquarium was not even in Ohio or Cincinnati for that matter. It was so crowded...I guess everyone was trying to beat the heat.

And that's our trip! We grabbed lunch after finishing at the aquarium then headed home. The drive up was not great because they kids were not on their best behavior- mostly Will. But the drive back home was filled with nothing but traffic and it felt never ending. So we were very glad to get home. :)