As you may know, I live in Chicago but often go to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Silver Spring, Maryland since my siblings live there. A lot of the times I end up driving to and from there no matter how much I say that next time I’m just going to fly!
I usually don’t mind driving, but this drive is really boring, there’s barely anything exciting that comes along the way! However, I have managed to find a town that I like stopping in when I have time. It’s also conveniently about halfway between Chicago and Harrisburg, called Vermilion, Ohio.
It’s a cute town located by Lake Erie which means there is a beach (one of my favorite things ever). The reason why I initially chose to stop here was because of an ice cream shop called Granny Joe’s Ice Creamatorium. It had good reviews and so I knew I had to check it out! 
Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me remember the flavor of ice cream I had and I keep trying to look it up on their website but I can’t find it. However, I do remember that it had chocolate covered almonds in it and it was creamy and salty and amazing! (So sea salt was also involved.)
I usually like to get the ice cream and then walk around the town. There’s that beach and a yacht club that is fun to walk around in as well as the boutique shops around town.
The two out of the three times I was there, it was fairly cloudy and so we couldn’t linger around for too long because it started pouring. But it did make for some cool pictures!
I was also jealous of all the houses there. I would love to live by the lake and own a boat! (God willing, one day!)
(I’m always afraid of taking pictures of people’s houses because I don’t want anyone to think I’m invading their privacy or being a creeper. If i do that, it usually means that I just love your house and want to share it’s beauty with the world!) 🙂
The last time I went, a friend of mine came with me, and we found some great photo ops. I totally forced her to be in all these photos, but can you blame me? lol
And just look at these sunflowers!! 
All in all, I think that if anyone is ever driving through this route, Vermilion is a nice little town to stop by in. One could easily spend a couple of hours there. If I had more time to spare on my trips, I could probably sit on that porch at Granny Joe’s and people watch for hours!
Do you like small towns like this? Have you ever been to a similar place, if so, where?
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That ice cream looks dope. These kinds of tiny towns are the essence of roadtrips! Once, from Indianapolis to Kansas City we pulled into a town because they boasted the world’s largest windchime and world’s larges rocking chair… I mean, the world’s largest, right? How can you NOT stop??
Yes, you cannot in any way pass up the world’s largest anything!
You’re right, the houses are absolutely adorable! I love little towns like that as they have a certain charm you can’t find in big cities… Especially when they’re by the water – that’s an extra bonus!! Thanks for introducing that place 🙂
You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed!
haha I love it so much that you only stopped there to look at an ice cream shop. I would so do the same! 😀 and the little town looks so charming and relaxing that I guess it is a very nice plus to the delicious ice cream, right? 😉
Yea, my love for ice cream has randomly increased over the last few years. It’s always a good time to stop for ice cream! 🙂
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