Hey friends, I've been busier/crazier than normal so I've got to drop the weekly posts for a bit. For the next few weeks I'll just be popping in randomly to talk about this n'that. Case in point: this post. Lemme tell you about last weekend. I went places! It's a Tale of Two Great Lakes, Family Mayhem, and some FLW on the side.
Hey friends, it's time for Island #3 of 4 on The Great Island Bender of 2023. For context, we're in Ohio about 40 miles east of Toledo.
I mentioned last time that Put in Bay is also called South Bass Island. The technicalities are that Put in Bay is a village and South Bass is the island where Put in Bay is located. The village takes up so much of the island that the most common name for this place is Put in Bay, so you're not wrong to call it that. The year round population is 150, and this is the island with all of the city services. Fun fact, if you're a kid on North or Middle Bass, you don't catch the bus, you catch the PLANE to go to school on South Bass. The main road of the island is about three and a half miles long, so we're on slightly bigger turf than Middle Bass.
The next thing to talk about is that if you say "Put in Bay" the odds are very high that someone will say "the party island" but not in a fun way. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say "party island" with either a great deal of concern or in an outright nasty tone...hey I could stop at one of the Put in Bay bars and get a drink!
I don't want to discourage anyone - I'm sure that if you're looking for things to do that fall under the nasty "party island" label you can find them on Put in Bay - but I have an issue with the 'tude. Let me show you the other side of the story.
Hmmm...you know that I don't like to fly and that I keep an eye on my budget, so where could this exotic locale be?
I'm so glad that you asked.
