Let’s Play Hooky, Cleveland Style had one of my favourite stops: FLOWERS! Many of the botanical gardens host an orchid show this time of year. Orchids Forever, at Cleveland Botanical Garden, is an excellent display of various types of orchids, some of which are rare. This…
Often, waterfalls are overlooked, ignored, or even blocked. During the research phase of my trip planning, I cannot list the number of times I found a waterfall to explore, only to discover that someone built a road and bridge over it. I have always wondered…
If you look at our Let’s Play Hooky, Cleveland Style travel itinerary, I had only allocated one hour at this museum. We have travelled enough that when I plan all the places to see, I have a good sense of how long we will be at a…
I was innocently driving my beloved wife to work when she asked me if we were going on a trip. I was completely taken by surprise. I had never even thought of it. I have a doctor’s appointment coming up in Toronto, the kind of…
I had been wanting to visit Cleveland for some time now, and we finally had the opportunity to have a weekend visit to this Ohio city on the shores of Lake Erie. Although there is plenty more to do in Cleveland, we only scraped the…
Who doesn’t love flowers? Who doesn’t love paying admission to one place and getting free admission to hundreds of other locations? I have wanted to get a membership to Royal Botanical Garden for some time now. We pass by it almost all the time whenever…
In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years. The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…
Life. Sometimes it is great. Sometimes it is not. Whatever it is, it can get in the way of, well, life. Life has played a part in our lives recently. So much so that it has been a while since we travelled. Then life gave…
It is that fantastic time of year again when nature sings out in colours via the Fall Foliage! The annual change of the leaves attracts many people to go out and view the spectacle. But when is the best time to view them? Fortunately, every…
