| With the gas prices the way they are, many | | | | light shows. Over a million lights are on display for |
| people are looking for trips they can take on one | | | | this six-mile holiday drive. |
| tank of gas. Here's a great one to be taken from | | | | Lodging at Ogebay Park can be found at Wilson |
| Columbus. Ohio. The destination? Oglebay Park in | | | | Lodge, located on a hilltop in Ogelbay Park. You |
| Wheeling, West Virginia, with stops at several | | | | can find cottages for groups and large families, as |
| museums on the way to or from Oglebay Park. | | | | well as standard rooms and deluxe suites. The |
| All this in a 256-mile roundtrip drive on Interstate | | | | lodge includes an indoor pool, dining facilities (with |
| 70 from Columbus, Ohio. | | | | casual as well as fine dining), tanning beds and |
| Oglebay Park is a 1,650-acre park in Wheeling, | | | | massage therapy facilities. Situated on a hilltop in |
| West Virginia packed with a bevy of sights and | | | | the heart of Oglebay is the exceptional Wilson |
| activities, meaning you're never bored. If you're | | | | Lodge. Facilities at the lodge include casual and fine |
| into golf, Oglebay Park has three championship | | | | dining, an indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna, tanning bed |
| golf courses from which to choose (one designed | | | | and massage therapy facilities. |
| by Arnold Palmer). there are 11 tennis courts, a | | | | For general information about accomodations at |
| large outdoor pool, horse stables, miniature golf, | | | | Oglebay Park, call 800-624-6988 or |
| walking trails, The Mansion Museum, a zoo, ski | | | | 304-243-4000. Summer package rates begin at |
| slope, planetarium, gardens, greenhouse, outdoor | | | | $145 per night on weeknights and $165 per night |
| theatre and Schenk Lake, where you can fish, go | | | | on Friday and Saturday nights. |
| pedal boating, or watch nightly fountain shows. | | | | On your way to and from Oglebay Park, be sure |
| The 16-acre gardens alone are worth the drive. In | | | | to stop in Newark, Ohio, 27 miles east of |
| the Spring you'll find 50,000 tulips, daffodils and | | | | Columbus, off Interstate 70, on Ohio route 79. |
| hyacinths, while the Fall brings you a a dazzling | | | | There you'll find the National Heisey Glass |
| display of mums. | | | | Museum, which has handmade crystal on display |
| Are you the type of person who likes holiday light | | | | from the Heisey Glass company. Also check out |
| displays? Be sure to visit Oglebay in late | | | | the Zane Grey Musueum, approximately 67 miles |
| November and December for their light show, | | | | east of columbus (take U.S. 70 east to U.S. 40). |
| which, incidentally, is one of America's large holiday | | | | |