Stop #60: Toledo - Lucas County, Ohio

Stop #60 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” took us to Toledo, Ohio. On our way into Toledo we stumbled across the Providence Metropark and just had to jump on “The Volunteer.” “The Volunteer” and the metropark’s Canal Experience weren’t in full swing yet – but we had a great time exploring and plan to come back for the full experience!

On the 60th stop of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” we travelled from Toledo’s Providence MetroPark to downtown Toledo for a quick peek at the Toledo Mud Hens.

Our last stop on Stop #60 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” included a visit with our favorite U of Toledo student and a personalized campus tour!

Stop #59: Napoleon - Henry County

Well, here we are on our 59th stop of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” and we have landed in Napoleon, Ohio. Napoleon is the county seat of Henry County and is located in Northwest Ohio.

Henry County, founded in 1820, is home to over 29,000 Ohioans. This is the first time we’ve “discovered” Napoleon – but if we ever get back this way, we’ll be sure to “Rediscover Napoleon” – as the sign says, “Why Not?”

Ooops!

04/19/2010:

We’re still traveling northwestern Ohio on our ninth day of travels for our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” and oops what is this? Indiana? We definitely made a wrong turn somewhere…

Time to get out the maps and get ourselves back on track for our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” – we think we’ll leave “Indiana Domination” for another trip!

Aaah – this is more like it – back to Ohio and back to our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.”

Stop #58: Wauseon - Fulton County, Ohio

04/19/2010:

We made it to stop #58 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” around noon on our ninth day of travels. This stop in Wauseon, which is the county seat of Fulton County, proved to be another pleasant surprise.

Of course, the first thing we found on stop #58 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio was another cannon!

We couldn’t resist a visit to “South Park” on stop #58 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio.

We made time for a train ride at the Wauseon Depot in Fulton County, Ohio.

Time to jump off the train and get back in the car as we prepare to leave stop #58 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” - Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio.

Stop #57: Bryan - Williams County, Ohio

04/19/2010:
From Defiance we traveled to the very northwest corner of Ohio to Bryan, county seat of Williams County, for Stop #57 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.” It was a busy day in Bryan – lots of construction going on downtown – once we felt “Ellen” had made her mark in Williams County, these two fans hightailed it out of there before we ended up on the wrong end of a bulldozer.

Stop #56: Defiance - Defiance, Ohio

04/19/2010:

Our second stop on day nine of travels for our mission to “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010” by ensuring domination of our little part of the world – Ohio – brought us to Defiance, Ohio. Fresh out of the car, we met two lovely fans of Ellen and The Ellen DeGeneres Show who were more than happy to get in a picture and give us some advice on spots to visit while in Defiance – thanks, ladies!

While on Stop #56 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” we took the advice of two of Ellen’s fans in Defiance, Ohio who pointed us in the direction of Fort Defiance. The fort was built at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers in 1794.

Of course, you know we found more cannons at Fort Defiance – but we gave it a rest for this stop – and instead are sending along a shot of the river from Stop #56 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” in Defiance, Ohio.

Stop #55: Lima - Allen County, Ohio

04/19/2010:

We were up bright and early to begin our ninth day of travels along our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.” Our first stop of the day was in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Allen County is in northwest Ohio and is home to over 108,000 Ohioans – most of whom must still be in bed because it was pretty quiet downtown.

These Ellen fans are feeling cannon fever! Everywhere we look on our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour”– we spot another one! This one was in Lima, Ohio – located in Allen County in the northwest portion of the state. We’re thinking a little blast from this baby ought to wake the town up!