Ohio: Cleveland Area

9/10/25 - After driving by Buffalo, New York, we drove along the southern shore of Lake Erie through Pennsylvania and into Ohio.

Along our route we saw endless vineyards!! In this picture, you can also see Lake Erie in the distance.

We were very happy with our campsite at the KOA we had booked east of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We had big trees and only the sounds of lots of crickets at night. Our last place was right next to I90 and it sounded, and FELT, like the trucks were going to come right through our RV!

9/11/25 - The Cuyahoga Valley NP includes a section of the now-abandoned Ohio and Erie Canal and we were able to ride our bikes on the restored towpath (where the horses/mules pulled the boats).

The Cuyahoga River on the left, the towpath, and on the right, the canal which is stagnant and green with duckweed

We rode 15 miles and saw old locks, beautiful scenery, and the site of a paper mill (which made cement bags).

We also stopped at Brandywine Falls

We spent the rest of the afternoon / evening relaxing at the RV.

9/12/25 - We spent the day in downtown Cleveland, walking around several areas: The Flats, the Warehouse District, Public Square, and North Coast Harbor. We also saw the venues for their basketball, baseball, and football teams.

The Cuyahoga River flowing towards Lake Erie

We spent several hours in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

We explored the USS Cod, a WWII submarine

Amazing "tacos" (filled with things like lobster, mac & cheese, Big Mac ingredients) at Agave and Rye

We were very impressed...the city was very clean and well-maintained.

We will return to Ohio (Dayton area) after we spend the next few days in the Detroit area.