Fall Fun

We’re talking about Fall Fun today! This episode covers 4 topics:

The first day of Fall was September 22, but this episode publishes on October 25, 2024. The info can help you plan your 2025 “Fall of Fun.”

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Our 2024 Fall of Fun List

Erie Orchards (Erie, MI) (hay ride, pick apples, buy cider and donuts) 🍎
Trabbic Family Farm (Erie, MI) (hay ride, pick a pumpkin, drink cider, eat a donut) 🎃
Cedar Point Halloweekends (Sandusky, OH) 🎢
Grand Rapids Apple Butter Festival 🍁
Fry Pie Night at Lutheran Church of the Master 28744 Simmons Rd. Perrysburg, OH 🔥
Perrysburg Homecoming Festival (and Parade) 🚒
Fleitz Pumpkin Farm (Oregon, OH) 🍩 GREAT donuts! Buy pumpkins, mums, and more.
MacQueen’s Orchards - buy apples, cider, and baked goods 🍎
University of Toledo Homecoming Parade and Game
Make a pumpkin pie and or pumpkin bread 🥧
Eat pumpkin pancakes 🥞 at IHOP on Route 20 in Perrysburg
Decorate the house and lawn, hang up lights outside, and carve a pumpkin 🎃
Watch Halloween-themed shows: Ghostbusters, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Thriller music video by Michael Jackson 🎬
Listen to a Halloween-themed music playlist 🎶
Drink a pumpkin-spice-flavored latte ☕️
Eat pumpkin-flavored ice cream 🍦
Pass out candy on Halloween 🎃

5 things my kids have outgrown (They are adults.)

Halloween parties at School
Little Boo at the Toledo Zoo (and The Pumpkin Path) https://www.toledozoo.org/
Trunk or Treat
Jumping in piles of leaves
MacQueen Orchard’s Annual Apple Butter Festival https://www.macqueenorchards.com/

Misc fall activities

Campfires at neighbors houses 🔥
The Perrysburg Farmers Market https://visitperrysburg.com/
The Race for the Cure in Toledo https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Toledo/SUSANGKOMENNWORacefortheCure
Watch the leaves change color at the local parks and my own neighborhood 🍁
Wood County Parks events https://wcparks.org/
Toledo MetroParks events https://metroparkstoledo.com/
Pumpkin Patch at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home in Perrysburg 🎃
Perrysburg Chorale Haunted Harmonies Concert at Way Public Library. 🎶
Car Shows at O-Deer and the Cruise-In Penta 🚗
Slow-rollers every Monday at 7 PM thru October 28 🚴🏻‍♀️
Lutheran Church of the Master’s Fall Fest for kids in early October
Rossford Halloween Parade
Ft. Meigs Garrison Ghost Walk 👻 https://fortmeigs.org/ghostwalk/
Camp Miakonda Annual Community Halloween Party 🥳
Fall into Rotary Park Annual Event https://www.perrysburgrotary.org/
Craft Shows (Ex: Pemberville Harvest Gathering Craft Show Oct 26, 2024, 9 AM - 3 PM)

10 sources of information about Fall Activities

Perrysburg Messenger Journal - Subscribe to the print and the online versions.
Way Public Library - website and newsletter
Wood County Parks - website and newsletter (“e-news”)
Toledo Metroparks - website and newsletter
Schools - Your child’s school may have activities, like room parties or trunk or treat nights
577 Foundation - Check out fun fall classes on the website, and sign up for the newsletter
Perrysburg Living Magazine - events section. If you don’t get this FREE magazine yet, you can request to be added to their mailing list. Email Michael Richardson mrichardson@bestversionmedia.com. (There is no website.)
The Buzz Book - printed version or the online version
Social media. For example, social media pages for the library, the parks, the 577, and more. Once you follow those pages, their info will wind up in your feed. Get the information to come to you.
Neighbors and friends