338 miles via OH 82, OH 8, OH 303, I-480, I-271, I-90 and I-86 with several sightseeing stops in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and a visit to the Seneca Allegheny Casino in Salamanca NY. Auto miles: 347. Cumulative route miles: 2855. Cumulative auto miles: 3051.
This was a hop that wasn’t planned. It became necessary because our stay in Twinsburg, at the Super 8 Twinsburg/Cleveland, was so bad that we cancelled the planned second night. How bad was it? Let me count the ways. Dirty hallway, a microwave that had just one working button (the “3” – to heat our coffee for 2 minutes we had to enter 3:33 and stop it with 1:33 left), a TV remote that didn’t work, an A/C unit that was difficult to operate, a terrible breakfast (a choice of cereal or white toast, with Tang instead of orange juice), a musty odor everywhere. I think I am being generous by giving it a 2 on a 10 scale.
We visited the MGM Northfield Park Casino on our one night in Twinsburg. I won $100 but Marlene lost $200.
After our not-very-good breakfast we did an auto tour of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This is a large park that lacks the dramatic settings of the western national parks but is quite serene and scenic in a subdued way. We visited on a Saturday which is the busiest day for this suburban Cleveland park. There was a road race (your choice of 25, 50 or 100 miles), a motorcycle rally and lots of joggers and hikers. We started with a visit to Szalay’s farm stand and then visited two visitor’s centers.
It was a mostly cloudy day but the rain held off while we toured the park. It rained on-and-off while on I-86. We stopped at the Seneca Casino for a bio break and, of course, played some slots. We were both lucky – I broke even (I count that as “lucky”) and Marlene won over $300, more than making up for her losses the previous night.
We looked for a hotel in Corning NY but they were pricey. So we stopped for the night in Elmira NY.
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