Planning to travel America's Great Loop starting from Port Clinton, Ohio on Lake Erie then heading north into Canada. We will see what the angels have in store for us this time.
On our way to Sandusky, Ohio we stopped in at the locally famous Toft's Ice Cream Parlor for a cooling treat on a hot day. I ordered a small chocolate cone. Since I was having trouble with the ice cream melting the nice young man behind the counter gave me a cup to place the cone in to contain the run off along with a spoon and a bunch of napkins. Glad I ordered a small!
We were just going to do a short visit to Kelleys Island but the angels had other plans. We ended up staying overnight and had a lovely time exploring the island by golf cart.
One evening in September we headed to Toledo to check out the restaurant that the character from M*A*S*H, Corporal Maxwell Klinger, made famous world wide. This restaurant was started during the Great Depression in 1932 and has been going on strong since then. Tony created the Hungarian hot dog by adding chili to enhance the flavor of the Hungarian sausage, Kolbasz, which is the hot dog that put the sandwich shop on the map for the local Toledo crowd. In 1935, Tony and his wife, Rose, where able to buy the building where the Original Tony Packo's Restaurant now stands. Burt Reynolds was eating at the restaurant in 1972 and when he was asked for an autograph. Reynolds grabbed up a hot dog bun and signed it, starting the "bun signing" tradition. The buns that are signed today are foam replicas of the Packos hot dog bun. It is fun to wander around the restaurant and look at the buns hanging on the walls and seeing which celebrities you recognize.
