We started at the Boston Mill Visitor Center.
The Cuyahoga River is a bit higher due to all the rain.
Grandma shows Nayla where the house is relative to the park.
Nayla and Olivia wrote messages and posted them.
Lisa created a haiku
Checking out the river from the bridge.
Then we drove to Beaver Marsh.
First spotting of wildlife: a snake.
and another one right below.
Both snakes made themselves comfortable on the log.
a turtle!
a great blue heron posed for Nayla and Grandma
Grandpa and Nayla check out the old lock.
Olivia and Nayla
Nayla captures an image of this neat catepillar.
friendly turtle didn't mind having its picture taken.
we hiked a bit further on the towpath, turning around
at the point where the river makes a close approach to the trail.
Nayla spotted this snake by the boardwalk.
The snakes we saw initially were still lounging on the log as we
hiked back to the car.
Sarah finally spotted a frog!
Our next stop was Szalay's Market.
We had a snack outside on their gliders.
Lisa took her nieces over to the photo-op throne for a bit of fun.