Today’s fun started days ago. There was a trip to H&R Trains down in Florida which started out as a search for a piece for Steve’s vintage model railroad airport beacon but led to the acquisition not only of a vintage American Flyer boxcar but of a lightly used seventy year old AF transformer! Then two days ago there was the opportunity to pick up an almost brand new Apple Watch followed by a trip to Charlotte Street Computers and a fancy new watchband as well as a nice lunch at Bourbon Barrel Beef on the way home. Then at minutes after midnight this morning we scored a spot at üCamp19. Registration started at 00:00 and all spots had been taken by 08:00 this morning. We’re so glad we were silly enough to stay up until midnight to register! Then tonight we ventured in to Sylva to check out The Cut and learned from Kelsey at the bar that they really do make custom cocktails!. We both enjoyed the concoctions that she mixed up for us before heading on to Lulu’s, a Sylva tradition for a delicious birthday dinner.
Over a long weekend we sampled some of the myriad things to do in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, unique among national parks for it’s environmental reclamation, historic preservation, and recreational opportunities adjacent to the populous cities of Cleveland and Akron in northeastern Ohio. Can’t wait to return and explore more.
Our journey from Portsmouth, England to our home in Ohio might have been accomplished in about sixteen hours but my avoiding air travel we were able to enjoy a fifteen day journey home via train, ship, Uber, train, as well as our own feet and finally our personal vehicle.
It’s been a fascinating two day visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. We managed to pack in tours of the HMS Warrior, the HMS Victory as well ast Victory Live: The
Big Repair, and finally the Mary Rose. All were incredibly informative and well presented.
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