Welcome to the wonderful world of ballooning, filled with beauty, excitement and adventure. Break free of the earth’s bonds and float skyward. Hot air ballooning has been described in many ways, but the tranquility experienced floating above the earth in a balloon may just be the closest thing to total freedom you’ll ever experience.

A Hot Air Balloon Flight from Balloon Masters is the perfect way to make any anniversary, birthday, or special occasion an unforgettable event. You can propose to your special someone and even get married in the balloon, while you are peacefully floating over the countryside.

Balloon Masters pilots are commercially rated and insured with over twenty-eight years experience flying hot air balloons. Our Hot Air Balloons are certified and registered with the FAA.

Hot Air Balloon rides are available every day that weather permits, year round.

Balloon Master’s, Inc.
7283 Kirkdale Drive
Blacklick, Ohio 43004
614-870-2539
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Located just 30 miles northwest of downtown Columbus, Union County, Ohio offers visitors a unique combination of the present and the past.

Discover local attractions like our 7 covered bridges or the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway; explore how things are handcrafted at places like Phoenix Bat Company and Fulton Creek Dairy; or savor the unique shopping, winery tours and eateries of the county. Union County is also home to many festivals and fairs including the annual Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival. Held the third weekend of September, the festival includes an elegant Dinner on the Bridge, a full day of festival activities including bluegrass music, old-fashioned games, antique and food vendors, a pie baking contest, pumpkin carver, wagon rides, community church service, and so much more.

For more information about Union County, call (800) 642-0087 or visit www.unioncounty.org.

Welcome to Donna’s Premier Lodging, located in the Heart of Amish Country, Berlin, Ohio. Awarded “Most Romantic Hideaway,” Donna’s seventeen exquisite log cabins provide an oasis of relaxation and romance for a remarkable and memorable experience. Bask in the splendor of a heart shaped Jacuzzi, or cuddle in front of a crackling fire. This is a place you will return to time and time again. Our gracious staff will delight in assisting to make your next getaway a special memory to cherish for a lifetime.

Donna’s also specializes in beautiful weddings and elopements. Choose to pledge your vows beside an indoor or outdoor waterfall or in front of a cozy fireplace, in the company of friends and family or in a private, intimate ceremony. We provide everything you need for a memorable wedding and honeymoon.

Donna’s Premier Lodging

5523 TWP 358 (East Street)

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For generations families have traveled to Loudonville, Ohio for warm weather vacation fun. But when the leaves fall from the trees and a gentle layer of snow covers the hills, the area become a very special winter getaway with lots of “cool” weather things to do too.

Mohican State Park is serene and scenic in the off-season. In autumn the 6,000 acres of rugged woodlands are ablaze with all the colors of the rainbow. Clear Fork Gorge, deepest gorge in Ohio, is particularly scenic. The colors of fall and snowfall of winter can be enjoyed on the Park’s 45 miles of hiking trails, 24.5 miles of challenging mountain bike trails, even 9 miles of enjoyable bridle trails. In addition, visitors can cross country ski and snowmobile in Mohican. Downhill skiing is also available close-by in Mansfield.

Nearby Malabar Farm State Park is also a great place to visit in the off-season. The working farm has [...]

A drive-worthy destination. European connections. A step into the past. Perfect for the entire family. That’s Holmes County, aka Ohio’s Amish Country. Travel in Ohio’s Amish Country to experience a home to the Amish for almost 200 years. This region is only an hour or two from most locations in the state. The Amish settled here because they liked its similarities to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania and before that, their Swiss homeland.

Along with offering a glimpse into a different culture—including a foreign language, the Pennsylvania Dutch spoken by most Amish—travel to Holmes County is a remarkable value. Food, lodging, activities, and shopping prices are very reasonable, and if you plan ahead you can reserve a night or two at one of the many nationally ranked bed and breakfasts for a quite agreeable price.

The region’s scenic beauty and its peace and quiet, often broken only by the clip-clop of horse and buggy, are [...]