Author: Mike Pekrul

Today was the day! I’ve been waiting for this all week, since seeing the sign on the side of the road when we reached the area. The Middlefield Swiss Cheese Festival! I LOVE Swiss cheese! Cheddar, bleu, provolone, mozzarella, american, I’ve rarely tasted a cheese I didn’t like. But Swiss is by far my favorite!…

So it seems that this area of Ohio is just rife with these sandstone and shale formations that everyone here call ledges. Today, I went to Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park. The park follows a line of these ledges stretching for a couple miles or so. From the lower side, it’s a sheer rock wall, 50…

Took Susanne to the airport yesterday to go take care of some business at home, so I’m exploring solo for the rest of the week. On the way into this campground last week, we crossed a really nice looking bike trail, so I’ve been meaning to go check it out. The Maple Highlands Trail. 22…

Another day, another National Park. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, just south of Cleveland OH. I didn’t know about it till we were planning this trip. One of my cousins lives less than 30 minutes from the park and didn’t know it was there. 😳 The Cuyahoga River flows northward and goes through industrial Cleveland before…

Well, the cave and the Hall of Fame were fun , but the “real” reason we made this trip was to get together with my Ohio relatives who I have not seen in quite a few years. My cousin Jennie’s daughter Paige is graduating high school this year, so a party was just the ticket…

Another recommendation from Neal (though it was already on my list), we visited The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today, in Cleveland OH. Founded in 1995, the Hall showcases the history and achievements of the rock community, from its roots in the 50’s to today. Two impressions right off the bat…. the hall heavily…

Ok, so I take back all the snippy remarks and jokes and sarcastic comments about Susy’s rocks. (For now 😁) This time she struck it rich! Before we came up here, we had seen and read about sodalite and yooperlite rocks. Rocks that fluoresce under black light. So before we left home, I bought her…

Late start today. Slept till almost 9. Crazy! I have not been able to do that for a long long time. I used to listen to people saying that at “a certain age”, sleep is no longer as important as it once was. I always thought that was BS, but the older I get, the…

Yesterday and today were moving days, getting from Cave City, Kentucky, to Geneva State Park, in Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie east of Cleveland. Hard to tell any difference between this shore and the coast out west. 😳 We were able to add two more states to our map on this trip. It…

The longest (public) tour in the longest cave. That has to be worth something too, right?? Today we went on the Grand Avenue Tour. Over 4 hours and more than 4 miles through the earth. This was our favorite tour, because it covers some of everything. Big tunnels. Tiny tunnels. Tall slot canyon tunnels, with…