First, a few miscellaneous photos.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
My sister, Kathy, was in town, and we had lunch at the Algebra Tea House. This was the first time I used the restroom there.
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| Algebra Tea House restroom sink |
A couple new items at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum:
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| Joan Jett's 1983 Jaguar XJ-S H E |
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| Janis Joplin's 1965 Porsche 356C Cabriolet |
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Erich brought Dylan and Pete to visit. We went to a Cleveland Gladiators arena football game.
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Erich is measuring up to the mascots
with Pete and Dylan |
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| Here's Pete |
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Yep, 8-year old Dylan is 5-feet tall!
(The Cleveland Cavalier looks amazed!) |
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| Pete, Erich, Kent, and Dylan on the bus going home |
Sunday, August 9, 2015
We were headed to Akron for a baseball game, and sneaked in a visit to the Akron Zoo.
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| Creative shade for the Humboldt penguins |
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| A slide through the river otter pool |
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| The extensive Lehner Family Zoo Gardens (KSS) |
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| Monarch caterpillar |
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Hibiscus moscheutos/Rose Mallow
or Dinner Plate Hibiscus |
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| Hibiscus moscheutos/Rose Mallow bud |
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| Kent in the Zoo's Frontier Town |
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| Box turtle |
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| Melursus ursinus/Sloth Bear |
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| Panthera tigris sumatrae/Sumatran Tiger |
The tag line for the Akron Zoo is: You've Never Been This Close!
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| Enteroctopus dofleini/Giant Pacific Octopus |
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Conservation Carousel (2010,
manufactured in Mansfield, OH) |
After lunch, we discovered that Akron was hosting the National Hamburger Festival.
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| Stuffed hamburger (KSS) |
Time for a walk downtown.
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| Polsky Bldg (1930, Art Deco) at 225 S Main St (KSS) |
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| Lock Four (former Ohio & Erie Canal) public space (KSS) |
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AT&T Building, the former Ohio Bell Building (1920)
at 50 W Bowery |
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| AT&T Building detail |
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Canal Square, former Akron YMCA
(1931, Art Deco) at 80 W Center St |
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Canal Square detail; listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980 (KSS) |
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Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail
rendering of a barge in Lock Two
with Tamiko & Brynne (KSS) |
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| Tamiko and Brynne (KSS) |
