by Frank | Aug 11, 2024 | Hiking, Camping
South Bass Island had not been kind to us the first two times we tried to camp at the state park there. In fact, the weather downright tried to kill us both times. So we had some doubt when we decided to give it a third chance and booked a cliff-side campsite once...
by Frank | Apr 21, 2024 | Casual Corner, Cemeteries
A day (or week) late and a daffodil (or a hillside) short One of the yearly acts of nature we try to catch is the annual blooming of Daffodil Hill at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. We took some beautiful pictures among the yellow-filled hillside a couple years ago....
by Frank | Jan 28, 2024 | Casual Corner, Museums
It’s less than an hour and a half away! Karen and I visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, January 27. This was the first time Karen has ever been there. I was there a couple of times…in the 1970s. Karen wanted to go see the...
by Frank | Jul 29, 2023 | Casual Corner, Camping
Two years ago, I took Karen for her first trip to Put-in-Bay. We set up our tent in the South Bass State Park Campgrounds. We had a site right on the edge of the cliff overlooking the western basin of Lake Erie. The first of two nights we were there we experienced a...
by Frank | Aug 27, 2022 | Hiking, Nature
Karen and I decided to take a day trip to Niagara Falls, NY. We had heard that there is some great hiking along the gorge below the falls and we were not disappointed. It was only about a 4 mile hike in total but it was difficult and we had to descend and then ascend...
by Frank | Sep 2, 2020 | Casual Corner, Lighthouses
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