OHIO DAY TRIPS Loads of fun within an hour of home DETAILS ON FUN SPOTS IN Delaware, Richland Morrow & counties A special supplment of the Galion Inquirer, The Bellville Star, The Morrow County Sentinel and the Delaware Gazette NG Goodwill Plus 16482 VILLAGE PARKWAY • FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO NEW FURNITURE SHOWROOM • PROPANE REFILL STATION THRIFT SHOPPI WWW.GOODWILL2GO.COM OH-70045748 2 May, 2018 | OHIO DAY TRIPS Adventure is closer than you think... Find Yours Everyone knows about the big tourist Just a few minutes further north is Annie’s Wine Cottage - Delaware ..........4 attractions in Ohio. Crawford County, where you’ll find a pop- They lure millions of visitors to the ular disc golf course, the Galion Graders, Clear Fork Adventure Resort - Butler ....6 Buckeye State each year for day trips. a college baseball team that plays games And almost everyone who lives in north almost daily, and Sunset Springs RV Mid-Ohio Sports Car central Ohio has visited Cedar Point in resort just outside of Bucyrus. Course - Morrow County .......................7 Sandusky, the Lake Erie Islands or Kings Richland County also is a hot-bed of Water sports galore in Island in Mason. tourist attractions, from a new indoor tram- Richland, Ashland counties ...................8 Ohio also has some of the best zoos in poline park to the Ohio State Reformatory, the nation, in Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati to a Bible Museum to world-famous Bible Walk wax museum - Mansfield .....9 and lots of smaller zoos. Malabar Farm. But one of the most well-known zoos in This special section is filled with day-trip Mount Gilead State all of America is the Columbus Zoo. And destinations and opportunities, all within Park - Morrow County............................10 it’s less than an hour away from those who just a few miles of the home sites of these live in Richland, Morrow, Crawford and four newspapers and their communities. 2018 Day Trip Schedule ........................10 Delaware counties. Enjoy, take in some of these sights that Malabar Form - Richland County...........11 Short — or Day Trips — is what this are not as well-know as their more famous special joint project of the Galion Inquirer, counterparts, but just as enjoyable, a bit Ohio State Reformatory - Mansfield ......12 Bellville Star, Morrow County Sentinel and cheaper. And in the meantime you can Delaware Gazette is all about. Also just min- support your local communities. Reservoir Ridge Disc utes away is another local attraction popular Golf Course - Galion ..............................13 with tourists in the area for a day, or just a Yogi Bear camp few hours, Annie’s Wine Cottage. If you like Russ Kent is editor of the ground - Morrow County ........................14 wine, you’ll love this place. Galion Inquirer, Morrow Inside you’ll read about what’s going County Sentinel and Bellville Delaware County events calendar.........15 in in Morrow County at the new and Star. Email him with com- improved Mount Gilead State Park and ments or story ideas at Galion Graders baseball - Galion ..........16 you can find out what’s happening at Mid- [email protected]. Ohio Sports Car Course, one of the top Columbus Zoo - Powell .........................18 road-racing courses in the nation. 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This gives her a [email protected] is the setting for paid events such as wine chance to learn your taste profile and budget. tastings and wine classes, a wine club and “I have Giant Eagle and Hills down the POWELL — On a sunny March afternoon, private parties. street, so the thing I like to offer is unique a woman enters Annie’s Wine Cottage on the “The end of May, we will have a beer and items and my knowledge.” busy main drag in Powell. Proprietor Anne wine full consumption permit, so we’ll be However, she also carries Ohio-made brands Gabriel looks up from her conversation and able to pull a bottle of wine off the shelf and like Firelands and popular brands such as greets the customer. drink it completely, which we currently can’t Federalist. “You’re holding two bottles for me,” Gabriel do — samples are allowed,” she said. “The “It’s a decent wine and I don’t want a shop is told, and there is a amiable transaction plans are we’re going to put a patio off to the where someone doesn’t recognize any of the involving Mumbo Jumbo, a pinot noir made side here and we’ll be able to use the porch. brands. You want to make people feel comfort- by Treasure Hunter wines and described as a We’ll be able to do before- and after-dinner able. I know there are some wine shop owners great value. Half of the pinots on a top shelf parties.” that won’t carry anything that’s in the grocery can only be found in this store if you are in the A bar will also be built, and Gabriel said store. I don’t subscribe to that philosophy.” Columbus area. she is making a list of specialty craft beers to When she’s not dealing with customers, “I always thought Powell needed a wine carry. She praised Powell city government, Gabriel may meet with distributors, who will shop,” said Gabriel, a resident of Westerville the Delaware Health District and Ohio Liquor discuss the latest brands. Gabriel said the dis- in Delaware County. “I knew as soon as I Control for being easy to work with. tributors are invaluable in recommending dif- walked in that this was it. I never wanted to Downtown Powell is coming into its own, ferent kinds of wines, because she hasn’t tried be in a strip mall, I wanted to be in a place Gabriel said, and Annie’s Wine Cottage everything she carries. with character. This fit the bill.” opened Sept. 1, 2017, as part of that transfor- As for special requests for obscure over- The shop is located in the first floor of an old mation. A graduate of Ohio University, Anne seas brands, Gabriel said she’ll do her best home that was last an art gallery. Bottles stand said she had worked 25 years in the wine to find them, “but some of it is just from neatly arranged by type on tall, multi-shelf racks industry before deciding to open her own busi- family-owned wineries that don’t make it to that ring most of the walls. Some bottles have ness, with the support and assistance of her America.” their own write-up from publications, number husband John Gabriel. Watching Gabriel interact with customers grades, and prices ranging from $7.99 to $279. “It’s nice being your own boss,” Gabriel and distributors alike, it’s evident wine is a There are also some wine supplies, local meats, said. “I really like the educational component, way to break bread with friends and strangers cheeses and tomato sauce for sale. direct contact with customers and I can just alike, one of those drinks with its own chapter “When the weather is good, business is engage them and encourage them to try in the book “A History of the World in Six good,” the camera-shy but engaging Gabriel something they haven’t had. I’m working way Glasses.” (The others are beer, spirits, coffee, said. “We get a lot of repeat customers, some harder now than before.” tea and cola). say I knew you were here, and then we get Don’t be overwhelmed or intimidated, if “Wine brings people together — it’s the one walk-ins, OMG a wine shop.” wine is all just Mumbo Jumbo to you, Gabriel beverage that creates conversation all over the In the center of the elegant home are wood- will ask you what you drink and may offer a world,” Gabriel said. P.O. Box 168 • 195 S. Main St. • Mt. Gilead, OH 43338 PH: 419-947-1611 FAX: 419-947-1612 www.morrowcountyfair.org 2018 Morrow County Fair July 3rd - Fourth of July Fireworks, Fairgrounds August 27th - September 3rd, 2018 Daily Admission $6 (Over 6 Years Old) Colt Ford in Concert September 2nd OH-70045769 OH-70045770 4 May, 2018 | OHIO DAY TRIPS Visit Beautiful DELAWARE COUNTY Welcome to our diner... a place people call HOME! 16 N. 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