Stop #51: Celina - Mercer County, Ohio

Stop #51 on our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” was a delightful visit to Celina, Ohio in Mercer County. Mercer County is located on the central western border of Ohio. What we didn’t know is that Celina is also home to Grand Lake St. Marys – one of the more welcome and beautiful sites we’ve come across during our travels throughout Ohio. Ellen’s fans might also enjoy a visit to this beautiful lake – there’s plenty to do and lots to see!

From lighthouses to boating to sightseeing and more, finding Grand Lake St. Marys on Stop #51 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” in Celina, Ohio was a welcome surprise.

Mercer County, Ohio – Stop #51 of our “Help- Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” is on the Ohio/Indiana Border and is home to over 40,000 Ohioans.

Fiftieth Stop: Wapakoneta - Auglaize County, Ohio

Stop #50 on our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” brings us to Wapakoneta in Auglaize County, Ohio, where we “landed” at the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum.

Forty-ninth Stop: Sidney - Shelby County, Ohio

Oh, boy, we are moving right along here on our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.” We’ve made it to our 49th county – Shelby – and made a quick stop at the border for a picture!

Forty-eighth Stop: Bellefontaine - Logan County, Ohio

04/18/2010: 
Our second stop on day eight of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” was in Bellefontaine, county seat of Logan County, Ohio where we found The Oldest Concrete Street in America!

We’re working our way through the northwest corner of Ohio on this trip of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” and Stop #48 brings us to Bellefontaine in Logan County.

Forty-seventh Stop: Kenton - Hardin County, OH

04/18/2010:
Well, here we go. It’s our eighth day of road trips and we have cut across the state to begin in northwestern Ohio. Our first stop of this leg of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.” is Stop #47 – Kenton, Hardin County, OH.

Forty-sixth Stop: Kent - Portage County, OH

04/17/2010 It’s the end of a short day of travels and here we are at Kent State University for Stop #46 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour” in Portage County, Ohio. It’s pretty quiet around here – everyone must be inside studying!

It’s time to gather up some of these books and head to bed for some intense reading! Our last stop for this day was in Portage County, Ohio at Kent State University for Stop #46 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour.”

Forty-fifth Stop: Medina - Medina County, OH

Stop #45 on our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour is in downtown Medina in Northeast Ohio. Medina County is home to over 151,000 Ohioans.

On Stop #45 of our “Help Ellen Achieve World Domination in 2010: Ohio 88 County Tour in Medina County we found another “county clock”. While we have found clocks (and cannons!) in almost every county seat, we’ve yet to figure out if there is a story behind them.