šStan and Rhonda from Over The Hill Adventures have finally finished their amazing journey exploring Pure Michigan. In this episode of Rally Bound & Beyond, with sad hearts they cross over the Michigan/Ohio border headed for Maumee Bay State Park near Toledo, Ohio. Minutes before arriving, they cross over the Maumee River on the beautiful Veterans Glass City Skyway Bridge. Caught totally off guard, when they enter Maumee Bay State Park, they are met with beautiful wildlife dancing across the meadow. They discover that Maumee Bay is located on the shores of Lake Erie. Itās one of the largest and most beautiful state parks they have ever been too. They compare it to their favorite state park, Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee.
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Itās going to be 6 and 1/2 hours if it says 6 and 1/2 hours but you donāt think itās going to be 8 hours or more weāre down to into the last half hour itās been it was pretty good until we hit on like an arbor area but I
Think thatās what it was right I donāt know and then lot of road construction so had to get through that the dogs have been amazing they have done so well but I think theyāre so ready to get out Kobeās been standing up back there for the longest time I was able to get
Work done I got an newsletter out and if you guys havenāt signed up for our newsletter we just do it monthly and we send it out end of the month beginning of the month just kind of depends when we what we uh are able to get to it
Especially if weāre TR traveling itās a little harder but sign up you can go to our website um and thatās over theill adventures. lifee go to the website and then just sign up for our newsletter youāll see it right there on the front page weā love to have you uh join us and
Then you can even reply to that email and um we can you know be in touch that way so anyhow almost there we should be getting into Ohio here real shortly I donāt know where the state line is but Iāll tell you Michigan is sending kicking us out of here because these
Roads are theyāre really bouncy Iām like Iāve had enough have you had enough babe Iāve had enough of these roads Iāll tell you that yeah itās good weāre done weāre done um yeah weāre arriving itās going to be like 6:00 and this is really late for us we usually are like pulling
In by to talk to our kids weāre going to see them in a couple days weāre not quite in their area yet but weāll be up here for a couple days we were hoping to meet up with another friend found out he was out of town so so Rick Kessler weāre
Going to miss you this time but weāll weāll we missed him last time we were in the area but weāll weāll catch up with him uh we actually got an opportunity to be interviewed by Rick Kesler through his new podcast at the camp site and through was kind of through RV business magazine
So he showed up at the at the rally and surprised us and we got to meet him face to face for the first time and heās the subscriber heās also fellow owner of a 2500 RL imagine 2500 and crazy so we um got to meet him and we were hoping to
Spend a little more time getting to know him and his wife but thatās just itās not going to work out this time around but he suggested that we try this mommy Bay State Park and weāre going to do that somebody else had mentioned it at
The rally so weāre giving it a try and going to just enjoy our day tomorrow and then um Wednesday we head out so itās September 25th today and uh we actually have a surprise for you guys too but weāre not going to tell you right now
You got to stay stay tuned weāll share but itās something that itās going to take place on our way back as weāre heading back to our home base in the cabu what are you laughing about what are you laughing when this thing comes out a going to be a surprise yeah thatās
True all right well someone from New York is calling spam spamela calling look at this we made it thank you Lord Governor Mike dewine camping area left look it bike trail babe nice thereās Wildlife what the heck wow do I uh campsites are available so is this the
Campground letās go straight what we got um Park store straight what is say registered campers with passes okay unregistered and visitors Straight Ahead we donāt have a pass so weāre going to go get our pass looking for site seven so weāre at 2 so we had to get a they had their little
Registration uh kiosk was closed so we had to just get a self- registration card and we could proceed to our site so we got to fill that out get that back to the box and uh but weāre anxious just to get settled okay weāre in site 7 or
Level oh gosh well we still have to just level it you know that way and um but weāre look at this look at our backyard not great there are a lot of little bugs a lot of little knots but weāll get weāll get some things going hopefully deter
Them a little bit but we made it all right you guys this looks fun looks like thereās a bike trail and we already saw all the deer weāre going to have a good time all right well good night weāll see you guys in the morning good
Morning we uh itās almost noon yeah I know gosh itās nice to not have to get up and Rush anywhere so we went all the way from manque upper peninsula in Michigan to Toledo Ohio last night which was almost what 8 and 1/2 hours yeah by the time just because of traffic got
Here oh yeah hit traffic and made stops of course you know and all that gas so how are we going to say this weāre at Mommy mhm mommi Bay State Park State park and itās really nice we were fortunate to get it nice I donāt know how we scored this
Full hookup spot made some magic and diligence once you know it space number seven yeah was the only one that we saw open that was a full hookup site there was hundreds of electric sites electric only but this was the only full hookup when we looked and it was like well when
We first looked there wasnāt even a full hookup and all of a sudden it was there so we just felt very fortunate we were going to grab we grabbed it up and uh weāre here for two nights so last night and one more night and then weāre going
To go head to Alum Creek State Park and weāre going to have a little bit of family time yeah there so thatās going to be real nice weāre going to go scope out the the state park for you guys right now weāre going to take our bikes
And there was a bike trail and um we want to show it off a little bit itās really beautiful itās gorgeous gorgeous yeah I think the city is like what less than 30 minutes away and then uh the only thing we we got out of the truck
Last night we got attacked by these little Natty bugs and I think theyāre out again I think my face got eaten up here my eye I donāt know anyway know what they are but itās beautiful what whatās bug you know you canāt Camp without bug bites right right itās all part of it
Wow look at that oh my God thatās really beautiful okay this place is gigantic look at you got a golf course to the right Nature Center to the right registration straight in a marina then you have the lodge Straight Ahead thereās Cottages off to the right somewhere this is
Incredible this about the biggest state park I ever seen in my life all right these are the Cottages look at the what thatās pretty darn nice wow oh my goodness thatās the cuteness heās following he sees himself heās in love Stan he loves himself unfortunately this is upside down he loves himself wow
That a big long neck I never realized how long their necks are look at that guy they long and theyāre very fast too a common snapping turtle isnāt strong enough to amputate your fingers however it doesnāt mean that the bite cannot seriously hurt you thank cute oh my
Gosh this is called a reunion cabin look at that Lodge and Conference Center this is the back side of the lodge is that gorgeous cornhole weāre doing a scavenger hunt have you heard anybody talk about that yet no if youāre any chance you are from west of the Mississippi yes joking right
West of the Mississippi yeah weāre from Arizona okay so this is fun stuff doing like oh how fun weāre doing like a team scavenger the hardest one he has his dri of the Mississippi absolutely it is seven points for us yay you Thum if youāre not safe with you know if you donāt
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York got a white any thatās all we got to get is a fish croppie that is so we cing is this a retreat for you guys is it a retreat yeah come on babe you got to make this happen with your pink this is fun all right so they had
To write an original worship song photo of the entire team posing in such a way that represents a a Bible verse this is so fun oh D oh a human pyramid howād that work we did it thatās great a refle photo of reflection of the entire team
So the last thing on their list is a fish so they have to get a fish and thatās what stand is trying to help out here oh my gosh oh a fish oh good luck you knock him off too you knocked him off you knocked him off
You knock him off too the bucket hurry hurry hurry in the bucket though thatās count did you count the hook on the hook knock him off knock him off put can you put him you want me to put him on Robert yeah for us thatās all right itās a fish we donāt
Want to hurt the Lord just G this enough right sorry this is quicking like to say Iāve been praying wait do we you have to get us all in with the assist oh my gosh you this is awesome you guys what a blessing oh my gosh
Weāre so blessed to meet you guys this is a blessing Iām so I love it well thanks for subscribing too so theyāre running over look at them oh my gosh so theyāre from right outside of of Detroit in Michigan so they come here like every year theyāre theyāre all staff for their
Church so now we got to go findim thank you again for all your help weāre going to go through sites 55 through 75 electric only got water and a dump station sure yeah letās go through the Dum station thereās your trash hoses provided for your convenience look at that Stan saw a lot
Of people with the full hookups who didnāt have their hoses out so that could be why you can get your water right here City water left handle and wait donāt pump okay so here is our sight seven look at that got our bike ride in
And got the dogs ready to go weāre going to take them for a walk but isnāt that fabulous there is so much space in between all of the SES um this just been it was so quiet last night yeah across the way I mean like way over there look at all that
Space in between the two sites crazy behind us just grass and you can just see the backyards of everybody down there so Ohio Style no fences green grass is that awesome full hookups over there fabulous sās taking me out to dinner we didnāt realize there was a a
Restaurant in the lodge until this morning after our bike ride and we were talking to those folks that were doing the scavenger hunt and we thought yeah that sounds good weāre going to go to dinner and so you guys know how Iāve always said that Fall Creek Falls is my
Favorite state campground in Tennessee in Tennessee I think this the close second yeah I canāt think of a massive state park with activities like this one I you know I just this place just keeps going and going and going a lot has happened on this street hasnāt it yeah a lot I think
Weāre just you know what I think Iām doing I think Iām preparing physically and mentally for a seven-year-old a 2-year-old and a what is he 9mon old so excited so excited I just know itās going to be go go go you know and uh so yesterday it I donāt know last year when
We came out to see him in the trailer uh our she was five at the time or just turned just turned six and she wouldnāt stay with us in the trailer so our granddaughter and sheās is like nope not without Mom and Dad you know so this
Time weāre like well weāre not going to push it but I really have high hopes you know maybe sheāll sheāll do it sheās seven now and I was talking to her mom on the phone and she said uh ask ask in the background ask Omi cuz she calls me
Weāre Ma and and opa but she calls me Omi which I love very much sheās kind of named me that since she could talk and uh she says askie where will I sleep if I was to stay with them so we were telling her how the dining room table
You know the dinette turns into a bed and so I think she got super excited about that so of course Iām looking at little like cute you know we got to make sure we have the sāmore makers and the I think thereās the Jiffy Pop um holder
That you can hold over the fire and everything I want to make it extra special for her so Iām excited let us know in the comments if you guys camp with your your your grandkids um your little ones how that goes we always camp
But we T camped we did have the class A for 2 years when our kids were probably 12 13 13 12 and probably what would that put five and six five and seven something like that they were really young but uh the the conversion van and they were really super little in the
Conversion van so weāve always weāve always enjoyed when we can travel with the kids so looking forward to it so um give me some ideas in the comments for the next time we camp with our kids cuz I know this is just the beginning can you imagine having all eight of them oh
No I think we got the best view in the house just kidding stop cuz look this oh man but weāre right by the fountain well sorry about the vacuuming oh yeah of course I decided to pick up the camera when the vacuumās going but they just opened at 5:00 itās like 5:20
We were the first ones in and thereās one other couple so um gosh weāre getting all kinds of attention so far this is good guys yes canāt believe this place these are Pub pretzels with cheese and cheese Iām going to do is honey mustard going double dip I think the
Honey Mustardās better M theyāre so good oh my gosh do the double dip oh my go do the double dip this place is really nice we are like in a state park you guys this is amazing thereās a lodge thereās golf course I mean a beach I I donāt
Know weāre kind of Blown Away I didnāt take a bite almost fish and chips thatās good she gave him Double T sauce M and then I got the garlic butter chicken woohoo green beans K donāt look at that thatās an amoretto sour oh my gosh theyāre
Huge all right cheers baby so this is our bartender right so thank you Amy they so good we were like shocked at the size of the am sours weāre like oh my gosh theyāre so so yummy itās oh good Iām so so so good this is Tina sheās our
Our waitress extraordinaire down the road is a family-owned farm called flightās pumpkin farm f l e TZ at all Northwest Ohio itās like a secret that people love their doughnuts are all homemade and itās just a beautiful site itās not big so you have your own cozy place to go and they have
Apple cider slushes that are of this world and my my family comes home from New York City just to have the shredded chicken sandwich I keep telling you sandwiches too I keep telling you you got to talk to the locals for the big secrets so today is our travel day we
Are going to head to Alum Creek State Park in Westerville Ohio um weāre getting some propane filled and it was just kind of cool because we were sitting here and the sign says download our app weāre at Tractor Supply and so we thought well letās give that a try I donāt know if
You refill your propane attractor Supply but you pull up you got to go in notify somebody kind of wait I mean itās never that long but we just realized this really deep thing so we got the app on our phone and then it says here ready for your propane refill so we clicked
There and then it itās uh you know picks up where weāre at of course and then it says uh request refill when you arrive at one of our stores simply notify us that youāre outside and weāll come out to help you with propane refill press
The button and off you go that is so cool so you donāt even have to get out of the car uh to go in the store and wait and they actually take your card right there so you can pay pay for the gas uh and off you go so super
Convenient we just thought we would share that with you weāre going to do that weāre going to hit the Walmart uh weāre going to refill our water bottle we always do that that has really been a game changer for us refilling that water bottle uh we just take it into Walmart
Itās always at the back of the store kind of near the groceries the the dairy and whatnot water their drinks and things like that so weāll refill that again it costs like $2.30 to refill our 5 gallon water bottle then of course we have our little pump on top makes it super
Convenient and easy we use it all the time you know to refill our water bags we refill the the dog water the coffee water everything used for cooking our our water bottles and whatnot so um just a couple tips so then weāre going to take care of that and then weāre going
To head over to that doughnut place that pumpkin farm that our waitress Tina was telling us about last night so she was showing us pictures of these things you guys are not going to believe what these look like I mean we try to steer clear from that stuff but we got too tempted
Last night looking at those photos weāve got to give it a shot plus itās just like a little local Farm I I guess itās not something we want to miss and uh then weāre going to fuel up that way with sugar and go back get ready and head out I smell Donuts
Those are the specials today chocolate thatās it chocolate youāre not getting that caramel apple thing oh they have a maple donut they fill the chocolate in with oh my gosh look at that goodness I had trouble just getting the one I I wanted a pumpkin I wanted a
Maple donut hey weāre going to eat it here I might have to go back no why are why are you eating my my donut that is your dut right there weāre probably going to share this one too well you might as well share the chocolate one too
Wow see how you are whatās mine is yours and whatās mine is mine isnāt that the way it is what alib Baba thereās such a little goat there little little guy right over there heās going ding ding ding ding ding ding what he doing
We get to go see the little goat and do the corn maze and do the no weāre not doing the corn maze we aināt got no time for this babe I have to eat this with a fork donāt make fun this this has been here since 1906 these are the Little Gems you
Find when you talk to the locals when you talk to the locals okay just remember I didnāt have very much of this I just want to let you know and itās almost gone so you were busy over there eating that one yeah I got distracted but then you
Went in for the kill I might have to go get my pumpkin donut yeah let us know what would you have ordered the special how would they know they donāt know the menu I think I showed them the menu oh they had pumpkin Donuts they had the maple okay these Donuts are are
Different Donuts theyāre just different theyāre look good Iām going to just scrape the paper you heard of cheese paper this is called dut paper had to I had to grab it if I didnāt it would have been he right this he left me this one he left me this
One look how TIY hi guys hi hi push to the cuz youāre not as cute as they are huh you think we could forgotten about huh yeah yeah oh my go
21 Comments
Four years ago, we bought a big 5th wheel. It has two bedrooms, a loft with a queen-sized bed, and a sofa that makes into a bed. We can sleep 7 comfortably. We have 5 grown children. Our youngest daughter turned 18 last June so she always went with us on weekends and trips. That will probably be different this summer. Our oldest daughter usually comes on weekends and stays a night with her two little girls, aged 5 and 3. The 5-year-old usually goes with us and will stay without her mother. Last fall we went to Custer State Park and had 4 of our children and our 2 grandchildren all there for a few days. It was a blast. It is why we got such a big RV. We, too, have had different modes of camping throughout the years. We started out with a tent, had a pop-up, a little travel trailer, an old motorhome, a big 4 room tent, an older 5th wheel, another bigger travel trailer, and now our 42 ft. 5th wheel. I think some of the best memories were made in the little travel trailer when our children were younger and we were, too. I hope your granddaughter will stay with you this time.
Looks like a great park.
Our grand kids love dill pickles. We took pint mason jars and all the ingredients to make overnight refrigerator dill pickles. They thought that was the coolest thing ever. Along with the usual campfire and smores.
Iāll have one of each (doughnuts).
We love Maumee Bay Staye park. We have a Christmas Campout there every December. You should join us!
i would have got one of each donut
No grandkids yet but we will! Nice job on the fish Stan š Great work as always!
Well, I eat my donuts the old fashioned way, with my hands. No forks. And this video make me hungry for a DONUT.
So glad you made it to Maumee Bay State Park!
Our grandkids love going camping with us. Last year we stayed at Disney Fort Wilderness and were the support unit. We took them back to the RV for lunch and naps. And also, gave our adult children time to do adult rides and also we let them have a Disney date night. Highly recommend going the 1st week of December so the kids and experience the decorations at rv site.
This place looks great, I'm gonna put it on our must go to list, not to far for us we live in upstate NY, we take two of our grands with us at least 2 trips a season, they love it especially my 10 year old grandson, he loves to go bike riding on the trails.
I had to chuckle when, in the last video, you said you had a 6.5 hour travel day to drive through Michigan. You dud really well getting through at 8.5 hours. Ann Arbor is heavy traffic with it being a collage town and the the University of Michigan hospital there. But 23 is the safest way to come down the state and stay away from Detriot while towing. The state park there in Ohio is amazing we've driven through it but never have gotten back there to actually camp. I'll have to out them on the list for next year. Way to go in helping out the staff of Grace church!!!
When it comes to the grand kids. I would have some travel ganes,coloring book and crayons or markers, or sidewalk chalk kids love that stuff. We've camped with our grandkids and those are some special memories!
Thanks for showing us the state park. We will put it on our list of if we are in the area. We have been to Falls Creek Falls, and really liked it as well.
We overnighted twice at Maumee coming back from the UP to PA. Thx for the Primo water tip. We'll try it this year on the SD / MI trip!
Fall Creek Falls is my favorite state campground too! We canāt wait to try this campground.
I have my 7 year old grandson every Tuesday and Thursday all summer and we take him every other weekend and a full week every year to a local campground. We had a 2970 RL and this will be our first year with a motorhome. He calls me Mommy-Nana because I have him so often he would call me mama and I had to remind him Iām his Nana so the mommy Nana stuck. šWe bring a hammock and board games but when youāre camping, you donāt really need much. š
Wowā¦another great video. Thank you for sharing your adventure, again. Blessings
We have 9 grands. Five of them camp with us every summer for at least a week but usually two. We hike, play games, puzzles, ladderball, darts, kayak and swim for activities. We take a pizza oven and everyone makes their own pizzas itās a favorite meal.
Love following your travels here in Pure Michigan!ā¤
Wow thatās a amazing state park. We donāt do a lot of them just because they are so hard to get a reservation at. Looks like we will have to try a day or two before and see if it works. Great video treasure hunt, donuts, beautiful park. Thanks From Wisconsin
Our daughter lives in Toledo. We love Maumee Bay state park. We walk on the walk way may times. We will camp there this summer. Ohio is full a very great state parks.