We ( @bruceride ) try and make this event every year:
http://flybyweek.com/
Also, if people like water the "North Shore" is often underestimated. I know after the water catches on fire it is hard to move past assumptions but that was a long time ago, and now the great lakes are very nice and not far from Columbus. Though some of the public inland lakes in OH are over crowded (IMO), but you are also next door to Michigan, and there is a lotta nice country up there: