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Posted On: May 31, 2012 12:26 PM
Posted By: David Ostendarp
Related Subjects: Family Fun, Staff Picks

With Father's Day right around the corner we wanted take a minute to reflect on some of the great things to do with dad in Warren County as well as get some ideas from you. Share some of your favorite Father's Day activities in the comments below and you could win a great getaway for you and your dad (details at the bottom)!

Canoeing:
Take dad on an outdoor adventure! With multiple liveries along the Little Miami Scenic River, you can paddle your way downstream and discover for yourself why the Little Miami is one of the Top 10 scenic rivers in the country. Whether aboard a canoe, kayak or raft, you will quickly see that the excellent water quality, gentle current and abundant wildlife make the Little Miami River the region's premier recreational waterway for family trips, beginner outings and experienced excursions.

Fishing:
If there's one thing dad knows how to do, its bait a hook. Take him down along the banks of the Little Miami River, or out to Caesar Creek State Park near Waynesville. Anglers of all ages will enjoy fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass as well as some of the best crappie fishing in the state. Before you go be sure to download the lake map as well as attain a valid Ohio fishing license.

Trains:
If your dad's like mine he's fascinated with trains - displays, memorabilia and the engines themselves. If so, the LM&M Railroad makes a great excursion! Hop on for a one hour train ride that will take you on a journey through the beautiful rolling countryside of Warren County and listen to the conductor tell the history of the area and the railroad itself. Also, you could take your train enthusiast to EnterTRAINment Junction, the home of the world's largest indoor train display with 25,000 sq. ft. of model trains. With additional attractions like the A-Maze-N Funhouse it's fun the whole family will enjoy.

Golf:
What father doesn't enjoy an afternoon on the links? In Warren County you'll find a challenging mix of golf courses designed to test golfers of all skill levels, including 4 championship courses and one of the top public golf courses in Ohio, Shaker Run Golf Club. Course like The Golf Center at Kings Island, Crooked Tree Golf Course and many more are ready to challenge your game, so tee it up and spend the day with your father playing courses designed by Ohio icon Jack Nicklaus and famous golf architect Arthur Hills.

Now it's your turn! Tell us your favorite father's day activity from the past or what you plan to do this June 17th and you will be entered to win a great getaway for you and dad that includes:

A 6-mile canoe excursion on the Little Miami River from Morgan's Outdoor Adventures (2 canoes).
A family pass to ride the LM&M Railroad (includes 2 adults and 1 child).
$50 Gift Certificate for dinner at Ole Friends Tavern in Lebanon
AND a 1-night stay at the Drury Inn Middletown

Winner will be chosen randomly and will be contacted via email.

Click here for official rules.

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Comments

This Father's Day the kids and I are making Daddy breakfast in bed. The kids are making him a crown so he can be king for the day.

Posted By gardenbabe505 | 06/07/2012 6:20 AM

My daughter went to the Mad Potter in Mason and made a mug for her daddy for Father's Day!

Posted By Funlover! | 06/07/2012 7:39 AM

We are planning on getting a homemade angel food cake...
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Posted By tarter95 | 06/07/2012 8:21 AM

Last year we went to an indoor glow in the dark mini golf so my husband could golf (sort of) and my 3 year old son could too :)

Posted By kat6483 | 06/07/2012 9:47 AM

This father's day my husband is doing a Nascar driving experience. He is very excited!

Posted By hmhmom | 06/07/2012 10:21 AM

My sister and I always make our father, who is a big kid at heart, a chocolate chip pancake breakfast and do one his favorite fun things for the day! we always try to spend the whole day together and reflect on all the fun times we've had!!

Posted By Microgirl88 | 06/07/2012 10:24 AM

This year will be my husband's first Father's Day. I still have yet to come up with something good for him to remember his first Father's Day. With my father we normally just go out to eat at his choosing (usually Red Lobster YUM!)

Posted By heather220213 | 06/07/2012 11:04 AM

We're doing "Hop On Pop" for Fathers Day. We filled 75 balloons with little notes, drawings, reasons we love Daddy, etc. We will blow them up and then have a game of having Daddy & kids pop balloons to read the notes stuffed inside.

Posted By osukiddo | 06/07/2012 11:11 AM

I would love for my husband to win this get away. He is a wonderful father. 2 years ago we got married and blended our 2 families. So he became a step father to my son who's father passed away 5 yrs ago. Then 2 months after we were married my step children's mother passed away so we are now raising all of our children together and it has had alot of struggles and trials but my husband has been amazing. He deserves a break

Posted By dramseyer | 06/07/2012 12:04 PM

My favorite place to go is the gorgeous Hocking Hills State Park area known as Old Man's Cave! My dad, father of 12, always took us camping every summer there and I'm hard pressed to think of a more lovely outdoor spot in all of OH! We'll be picinicing at Norwalk Memorial Park with him, thank goodness, as his greatest joy is playing patriarch over the dozens of offsprings and grandchildren he's sired! Love you dad!

Posted By geretma | 06/07/2012 2:00 PM

Something that includes my Dad, my husband, and my son in law to be:) Canoeing would be fun! We did a lot of that as a kid w my Dad!! Xxoo

Posted By abroom | 06/07/2012 3:44 PM

For fathers day I usually let my husband pick what he wants to do. One fathers day the kids and I took him out to eat then we went on a hike. It was fun trying to stay up with the kids which made it a memorable day.

Posted By mlshonce | 06/07/2012 4:45 PM

Thw best part of Father's day is the family time! Quality time spent together not having to rush here or there. Just being able to enjoy e.ch other.

Posted By BbGrl30 | 06/07/2012 4:48 PM

The best part about Father's Day is spending time together as a family and honoring an amazing man, my kids father. We will probably spend the day at the beach then go out to a nice dinner.

Posted By OCPacific10 | 06/07/2012 7:09 PM

Favorite father's day activity from the past was to stop at ISALY's Dairy after church and get a rainbow ice cream cone.

Posted By emawoman | 06/07/2012 7:33 PM

We have always done a project around the house for my father. It would be nice to travel and have some fun this year.

Posted By sgoulet660 | 06/08/2012 4:28 AM

This year we are planning on going to Kings Island and spend the day!

Posted By rjwelling@hotmail.com | 06/08/2012 5:46 AM

My 4 daughters plan on taking their daddy out to eat for breakfast and packing a picnic lunch for after a hike. Then out to the lake for some fishing & Kayaking. After a long day of fun, building a bonfire in the back yard toasting up marshmallows & wieners. That is the plan for a perfect Father's Day this year, just appropriate for the best dad ever!

Posted By Momof4girls | 06/08/2012 5:48 AM

My nine-year-old son has been doing extra chores to earn money to buy a special gift for his father for Father's Day. (I suspect it will be a video game they can play together.) I'm making my husband a super-soft, super-warm blanket with paw prints on it to show him that he's the "Top Dog"!

Posted By dboer1222@gmail.com | 06/08/2012 6:10 AM

My favorite father's day activity is grilling with my dad,it's how i learned how to grill better than my husband!

Posted By christina898 | 06/08/2012 6:33 AM

My son was born on Father's day so his birthday is always around the holiday. We love to have a Father's day/Birthday celebration with a big cookout. Some years we have made it to our favorite Summer destination-Kings Island, but that sometimes has to wait until later in the Summer. Dad (& the kids) always enjoy spending Father's day together no matter what it is we do.

Posted By Yakamo3x3 | 06/08/2012 8:44 AM

My hubby loves to spend Fathers Day morning golfing with the guys and then coming home to a fun family bbq. He has been having back issues and cannot golf this year so this little trip would be perfect for us.

Posted By jandk2299 | 06/08/2012 9:47 AM

We got to church as a family then usually a cook-out at some time during the day. Its a day of relaxing at our house, playing with our 2 year old son. Would love to win this as he loves trains!

Posted By crystal45614 | 06/08/2012 11:20 AM

Last year, my husband had to be out of town for father's day, so my then 5-year-old daughter decided to throw him a welcome home/father's day party. She made decorations out of construction paper and hung them around the dining room, and I made a peach/blackberry cake that I knew he'd love. When he arrived home, we surprised him with a late father's day. :-)

Posted By theworldinmykitchen | 06/08/2012 11:46 AM

Last year for Fathers Day we took my husband and my Dad to Kings Island. It was an awesome day. Everyone had so much fun!

Posted By Michelle84 | 06/08/2012 12:27 PM

Last year Dad was not working, so we spent the day at home playing games at the house. We are looking forward to going somewhere this time for his special day. Hope We win!

Posted By dwidger | 06/08/2012 1:11 PM

Breakfast we will go to place of his choice! Then we will we be spending it with our Dads at family house!Nothing better than time with the Fam!

Posted By jlsmith1982 | 06/08/2012 1:12 PM

I'll be spending it with my dad & family at my brothers house. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Posted By trscs | 06/08/2012 1:14 PM

We are surprising my hubby and daddy of 2 little boys with Reds tickets.

Posted By tngirl | 06/08/2012 1:16 PM

we let daddy pick the restaurant. its usually has something to do with steak!lol

Posted By cmurphy74 | 06/08/2012 1:24 PM

This Fathers Day the kids have made some cute books all about Dad and we are headed to a family reunion.

Posted By HeatherS | 06/08/2012 1:27 PM

We are doing canoeing this fathers day because it is also our daughter's birthday this year. We usually spend the morning fishing and the afternoon working in the yard.

Posted By Mel | 06/08/2012 3:04 PM

We will be serving dad breakfast in bed then heading down mad river on a canoe trip and some fishing and fun

Posted By stephaniea4321 | 06/08/2012 6:49 PM

My best father's day memory was the year I entered a contest in the Chicago Tribune. I drew a picture of my dad and wrote why he was the best dad in the world. Even though I didn't win the prize, they printed my entry along with a select few in the paper. I was so proud when I gave it to my dad for father's day. Now looking back at that now as a parent, I can see how special my dad probably felt.

Posted By smiley1683 | 06/08/2012 8:30 PM

This will be a very special Father's Day. Our son who was born with Spina Bifida was chosen as the Children's Miracle Network Champion for the State of Ohio 2012! My husband has been the best dad to a son with many challenges! We have been invited to Michigan International Speedway to see our first NASCAR race on Father's Day! My husband and son are big NASCAR fans and they hope to meet their favorite driver!

Posted By Stepha66 | 06/08/2012 9:35 PM

Taking my son out on the boat fishing all day!

Posted By mcmd8700 | 06/09/2012 9:09 AM

playing bocce ball then grilling out

Posted By gramags | 06/10/2012 6:53 AM

We are planning on letting Daddy sleep in, then take him out for brunch and spend the rest of the day at Kings Island riding rides

Posted By colemaka | 06/10/2012 7:34 AM

We like to go out on my dad's motor boat. We take a picnic, go tubing, and get out to swim in the lake.

Posted By jencarangi | 06/10/2012 10:27 AM

We will be celebrating Father's Day this year with our high school graduate and extended family visiting. Our son is joining the Air Force and could be stationed elsewhere next Father's Day. My husband has dedicated himself to being involved with our two sons(our other son just turned 13). He works long hours as a UPS driver but still found time to coach our graduates hockey teams from age 5-high school and was thouroughly involved in his boy scouts and he acheived being an Eagle Scout. This trip would be an incredible experience to share.

Posted By Carolyn10 | 06/10/2012 5:36 PM

This year because money is tight I thought me and my son would take dad out on our friends boat for the day and let him put a line or two in the water with his son. I love to see my husbend and his son do the thing they love most together, nothing could make me more happy. :)

Posted By Csuth10 | 06/11/2012 12:51 AM

Spending the day with dad and siblings, including grand & great grand children. Challenge Dad to a game of corn hole or letting him choose to fish or just relax, followed by a dinner where everyone makes a dish of all our favorites.

Posted By sleesmith | 06/11/2012 11:06 AM

We celebrate Father's Day all week by letting dad make requests and honoring them. he reallly likes having a whole week of favors from me and the kids.

Posted By Sunnymay | 06/11/2012 11:56 AM

The kids and i make breakfast for dad and let him enjoy one of his favorite things for a fewlong hours- play video games. Then we all enjoy a cookout and movie together.

Posted By Sondragarcia | 06/12/2012 12:43 PM

I printed out a fill in the blank "about my dad" and let our son, who's almost 5, fill it out. He also drew a picture of him and his daddy. We're going to also buy some jelly beans and fill a jar and I will have my son tell me all the things he loves about his Daddy and we will count jelly beans with every thing he says about his Daddy :) This is his last Father's Day as a father of one...we're expecting another boy in September! I think our Daddy deserves a little spoiling and I appreciate the chance for this :)

Posted By HShults26 | 06/12/2012 7:43 PM

My family usually gets together and we have Larosa's pizza.

Posted By shopper-c | 06/14/2012 6:11 AM

I will wash my Dads car then we will go fishing and I am going to clean and grill what we catch, Take some corn on the cob and some homemade Pasta salad with Beer! Dads favorite day :D

Posted By Hollyjackson1975 | 06/14/2012 5:11 PM

I usually make a nice breakfast, or we'll throw some good steaks on the grill to celebrate Father's Day. Also, we'll make an elaborate dessert. Either a pie or 3-layer cake. It's a day to celebrate Dad and all the foods he loves!

Posted By mom22kids1 | 06/14/2012 6:48 PM

Father's day is special for your dad. He is generally low maintenance but since he works very hard as a police officer, we usually barbecue on a grand scale and enjoy a favorite movie with him and the family surrounding him.

Posted By Therkesha1 | 06/15/2012 7:24 AM

The family gets together at my parents house for a cook out and Bocci Ball in the yard....well, our version of Bocci Ball, anyway. it's more free form than with actual rules, lol.

Posted By amymack74 | 06/15/2012 9:02 AM

I helped my little girls decorate a coffee mug for Daddy (he loves coffee) and in the morning we will make him chocolate chip or M&M pancakes (haven't decided which) -with homemade whipped cream.

That is...~after~ we let him sleep in for the morning. Which is what I am sure he really wants anyway.

Posted By panursedeann | 06/16/2012 12:27 PM

A tradition my Dad and I had growing up was every Father's Day we would get up early, go eat breakfast at a restaurant and then spend the day fishing.

It was the best times of my life.

Posted By 2talltodd | 06/16/2012 3:18 PM

My sister and I are taking our dad on a fishing trip this fathers day at our favorite lake, we are going to picnic at our usual spot and spend the day relaxing and hopefully catch a few fish for dinner.

Posted By snowqueen333 | 06/16/2012 4:20 PM

My husband is a stay at home Dad to our 2 year so this would be such a nice treat! I plan on spoiling him tomorrow...!

Posted By ReesieD | 06/16/2012 5:23 PM

Unfortunately, my husband has to work all day on Father's Day so we won't get to spend any time together. We plan to make him a nice dinner and a cookie cake and he can enjoy it when he gets home from working hard all day.

Posted By ajb1831 | 06/16/2012 5:27 PM

I don't know about MY favorite Father's Day memory, but my husband's was probably the year that I took the kids out of the house so he could relax and do nothing for hours:)

Posted By eversolefam | 06/16/2012 5:29 PM

I just finished making a Father's Day cake, and in the morning the kids will give their dad homemade gifts!

Posted By andimartin | 06/16/2012 5:49 PM

My dad is so wonderful!! I appericate him more than I could ever put into words!!
Anyhow we usually would spend fathers day at his house and we would cook out and fish!! But do to identity thief my parents lost their house less than a month ago.. We are going to find a new way to spend fathers day tomorrow I just know being together we make him happy.. I would love to when for our family but if not I hope someone wins that's deserves it.. We love the water and to fish.. He had our pond dug out in 1990 and we love that house..!
God bless

Posted By Triciad | 06/16/2012 7:06 PM

Combining father's day with birthday and graduation celebrations

Posted By flynfall | 06/16/2012 7:44 PM

We are celebrating at Huber's Restaurant here in Georgetown, IN with good old fried chicken and all the fixins. YUMMY!!!!

Posted By lacendra | 06/16/2012 8:12 PM

This Father's Day we are spending in Florida. Dad will be given a gift of tickets to a Reds game so that we can really celebrate in Cincinnati style!!

Posted By dkthomasson | 06/16/2012 8:17 PM

We will be in Florida for Fathers Day, but he will be getting Reds tickets to celebrate when we get back!

Posted By dkthomasson | 06/16/2012 9:41 PM

Congratulations to Crystal45614 and congratulations to the special father in your life! You are the winner of our Father's Day Giveaway! Crystal please check your email for more a note from us with steps on how to redeem your prize! Thanks also to everyone who participated. All of your Father's Day traditions and memories all sound so wonderful! We hope you all had a great day with the father in your life.

Posted By Ohio'sLargestPlayground | 06/17/2012 1:40 PM

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