Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Visiting Cuyahoga National Park

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Another snowy day!  Where is spring???
We visited the Boston Store visitor center. 
This is a picture of what the Ohio-Erie Canal looked like
 This is a model of the canal.                                                                    The outside of the old Boston Store Visitors Center.
 This is a model of the canal.      
 This is part of the trail that goes through the park.

 We ate lunch at the Winking Lizard in the little town of Peninsula.
This is our view of it snowing outside. 

 It is really coming down!
We were well prepared for the cold weather so we will tour on!
The good news, there are not many people out braving the cold.
After lunch, we drove to the Everett Covered Bridge for a look see.  It is a reconstructed bridge of the one that was originally there.



All bundled up because it was cold!

Next, was a short drive to the Heron Nests.  At first look, all you saw were many nests in the tree.  But as you continued to look, Herons would rise up out of the nest and fly--quite a sight!



We then hiked around the Ledges through the rocks and trees.  The trees are pretty with the dusting of snow.  This was a quiet hike as few people want to be out in the cold and snow.
The snow did make the Ledges feel more enchanted and peaceful.




After hearing that Beaver Marsh and Tow Path were closed, we drove by and saw that a ranger had opened the gate to Beaver Marsh.  We drove in and parked and we got to walk part of the tow path.  Also here was part of the canal system.  On another part was part of the locks of the canal system.










The last place we went was to Brandywine Falls.  They were really running because of the rain.  These are incredible falls.  It was still snowing on and off so did not see many people here.
As you can see, we did A Lot today!!!



After such a busy day, we were ready to had back to our hotel, La Quinta In Macedonia, Ohio.
We pretty much just relaxed and rested, getting ready for our drive to Niagara Fall the next day.





Monday, April 16, 2018

Driving to Cuyahoga National Park

April 18, 2018 Monday

After visiting Kelly, Lyndsay, and Katelyn, we left Chicago and drove towards Cleveland. Even though it is mid-late April, it is cold and snowy.
We are walking to get car from parking garage.

Leaving Chicago

 Snowy drive!
Out of Chicago and into Indiana, we found it a bit industrial.  We also had to pay tolls across Indiana and Ohio.  Our Stops were in travel plazas along the way.  They were pretty nice.
We finally got to our hotel after we had to take an alternative route through the park because a road was closed due to flooding.
The room was nice and very close to the Park.  Cuyahoga National Part in right in the middle of and urban area, between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Last day of vacation--Flying home

Monday, December 17, 2017


 The view from the plane as we land at XNA!  Beautiful sunset!







 End of another wonderful vacation!













Sunday, December 17, 2017

Disembarkation-Night in Ft Lauderdale

Sunday, December 17, 2017

We took the hotel shuttle to Hyatt.  We had sandwiches for lunch then pretty much just rested in room.
We went to Outback for dinner.




Tomorrow we fly home.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Sea Day--our last full cruising day.

Saturday, December 16, 2017
This is our last full day on the ship...
Don and I got up early to get a glimpse of Cuba... We saw the most wonderful sunrise over Cuba!



We ate breakfast then to the Lido Pool for rest and relaxation!  We also ate by the pool!

That afternoon, we went to the main stage to see Island Magic again!


Dinner was in the main dining room.  They did the chiefs parade!
No show tonight, back to room for rest and get luggage out.
Our last towel animal.... a hanging monkey.  Tomorrow we get off the ship!