OUR DAY OFF!

Today was our day off and we started off today at the aquarium. It was built in an old powerhouse on the Cuyahoga River. It was fairly small but had a great variety of fish including a petting area featuring Horseshoe Crabs, Bonnet-Head Sharks, Sand Sharks, Manta and Sting Rays. For lunch we visited The Melt, a small sandwich shop with not so small sandwiches. This little restaurant was featured on Guy Fietti's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives TV show. The interesting part about the menus was the old album covers on the back. Some of which included No Jacket Required by Phil Collins and Get Lucky by Loverboy. It seems that Mollie and I were the only people in the group that were able to finish a two-pound (no exaggeration) sandwich and nearly a pound of great french fries. The staff seemed to be very impressed with Mollie and Liann's rendition of the Cleveland Shuffle dance.

Kyle B.

After the Melt we headed to Huntington Beach. We all had a great time in the huge waves and burying Mollie in the sand, at least until the lifeguards made us come out of the water due to "dangerous undercurrents". We then found a spot on a rocky peninsula that got us sprayed by the waves. Isabelle and Katie were shot halfway across the rocks! It was so fun and we had a great time. We left the beach to go shower and change before Lolly (or Mollie!) the Trolley picked us up. We took a tour of Cleveland and saw a lot of the city including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Great Lakes Science Center, a beautiful sunset, sites where the Avengers were filmed and so many other places! We all had a great time on our relaxing day off.

~Katie L. :)