Ohio - Show me what ya' got (Part 2)

As it was nearly mid-day by the time we got to Columbus, we finished out the day with a couple factory tours. The first stop was the Anthony Thomas Candy Factory. Our tour guide took us out on an enclosed catwalk over the production floor. The best part of the tour was when we found out we could buy "factory seconds" for half-price! Cha-Ching!


Our second stop was Graeter's Ice Cream. This tour was less interesting as it was self-directed and we had to read signs explaining what was going on. I'm on vacation! I don't want to have to read! Worse, we weren't offered discounts. They did, however, have some mighty tasty ice cream.


The next day we were planning to visit the Columbus Zoo, but were faced with the forecast of a 50% chance of rain. As we had our ponchos in the back of the car from when we were rained on at the Milwaukee Zoo, we laughed in the face of a poor forecast. Besides, we might get to see Jack Hanna! The rain held off and the sun even came out in the afternoon. Can't beat that. I will admit that, after spending a day walking around that massive zoo, the three of us were beat. We all hit the bed hard that night.