Also in the Dayton area (about 80 miles away from Columbus) is the
National Air Force Museum.  It is open seven days a week 9:00 - 5:00.  It
is also free.  There are over 300 aircraft and aerospace vehicles there.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

For those with children in tow, you can also try visiting the Center of
Science and Industry (COSI).  We have visited the one in Toledo and it is
a great children's science museum.  Hours are 10:00 - 5:00 Wednesday
through Saturday.  They also have a Titanic artifact exhibit going on right
now, although I think that might have a separate or additional admission.

http://www.cosi.org/index.asp

Doug Peterson

On 3 Apr 2005 at 4:01, Wayne T Smith wrote:

Interesting weather for our week in Columbus ...

Mon-Wed will be generally good weather in the 60's,
Thursday mid-50's with chance of thunder showers,
Friday good with a high of 49,
Saturday good with high of 51 (changed from 43 and rain not long
ago!), and Sunday cloudy with high of 53.

Not bad, considering it's snowing there as I write this!

I've been one to complain about Columbus being more oriented to
residents than travelers, but there are some interesting things, I
think. Perhaps others can add their takes ...

* The Nationwide Arena area downtown seems good for those that like
city life (http://shopcitycenter.com/) (S of arena).

* Free skate at the arena Friday late afternoon/early evening.

* There's the Easton Town Center (shopping mail) N of the Port
Columbus airport (E of arena).

* The Columbus Zoo web site (http://colszoo.org/) seems good (N of
arena)

* There are Wright Brother museums in Dayton, perhaps an hour drive
away (W of Columbus)

* I think I've heard tell of a  minor league hockey game in Cleveland
on Friday (N of Columbus)

So from here, it looks like my family will be spending Friday downtown
(lets me attend the uscho/hobey/etc events) and Saturday at the Zoo.
How about you?

cheers, wayne

P.S. I just canceled a reservation at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, just
a short way from Schottenstein/Value City arena, and Crown Plaza
downtown in favor of making airport connections a little easier.  Each
place is sold out, so maybe they now have 1 room left for you?! ;-)