Kent Family Magic Circus Daily Blog: Holy Toledo

After our big adventure in Flint, MI with the whole $1.2K trailer suspension rebuild we finally made it to Toledo, or more correctly, Slyvania, a "burb" of Toledo. My cousins put us up and put up with us. They are pretty awesome people. Their kids were in the tour albeit at separate times. We arrived one day late (axle problems) so my original schedule was messed up so I threw it out the window and we stayed an extra day on top of the two we originally planned, just not the original days we planned....if that makes sense. We stayed Sunday (today) because Mami wanted us all to get some church time. Great idea. Good message, strong bible based church. Westgate Chapel.
We were able to get some fishing in while here and fished on the Maumee River yesterday and today. Caught mostly blue gill, pumpkin fish, and the like yesterday. Though we also caught a few small mouth bass and a bullhead that had to go back due to their size.
Today we caught two blue gill, and two very small mouth bass that were keepers. Oh, an Victor Jr caught a giant frog. Perfect for frogs legs. We put him in a cup to take back but sadly Amelia, wanting to take a peek, opened the container he was in and he made a break for it. So no frogs legs. But I think she learned a lesson about, asking and not touching others' things.

Monday (tomorrow) we move to southern Ohio, around Cincinnati and fish on the Ohio river and some of its inlets. My fishing license's last day for Ohio is tomorrow. Next Kentucky.
I want to publicly thank Dan Finn for house sitting our house. I hear he is doing a great job.
Yesterday we visited a place made famous by the TV show MASH. On one episode Klinger craved hot dogs from his favorite dog joint in Toledo Tony Packos. So the MASH crew works it out to get a bunch of hotdogs sent to them. We drove to Tony Packos and even brought our vid cam to get a vid blog post made up. The place was downtown and had a huge sign and was surrounded by other fun restaurants. When we got inside a guy noticed I was taping and said I really should be trying the original joint. It was on the other side of town...but it only took a few minutes. We passed a "Pride" event that was badly attended and.....opinion deleted. We crossed over a big bridge and there on the corner of Front Street was a very un assuming nice looking old cafe. 1932 was it's birth year. The store manager, seeing the camera, was happy to tell me the whole story and give us a tour. Turns out Klinger, Jamie Farr, is actually from Toledo and lived across the bridge in what I was told was a rough part of town. He actually did go there as a kid. The TV show made Tony Packos famous and celebrities from all over have been there. If they are famous enough they get to sign a hot dog bun that is encased in plastic and hung on the wall.
I had the Bunker Blaster dog that comes in at over 3lbs when all spruced up on the plate. I had to bring half of it home.