This past Friday, the BF and I headed 40 minutes south of Cleveland to check out Akron’s famed Haunted Schoolhouse and Haunted Laboratory (come on! where’s your Halloween spirit?). This place is probably about as close to the urban legend haunted house as you’ll find in Northern Ohio. You know, the one that’s supposed to be 7 to 10 stories high with fall-away floors and a full refund of your entrance fee if you complete the whole thing. Even though there isn’t a refund or any fall-away floors, the Akron houses have 7 floors if you go through both buildings and they’re pretty decent as far as haunted houses go (if you’re into that sort of thing). Afterwards, we came back to Cleveland and watched a scary movie to top it off.
Price: $26 for the combo ticket to both houses (there are $4 off coupons on the website)
Time: approx. 1 hour to go through both houses (don’t forget that there tends to be a line)
http://www.hshlab.com/
Akron Haunted School House and Laboratory, CASB ©2008
--- Hiking ---: highly recommended
On Saturday, we filled a backpack with water, pretzels and trail mix, and drove for about 30 minutes to the Hinckley Reservation (one of the Cleveland Metroparks). It was a gorgeous day and we walked/hiked the Hinckley Lake Trail (crane symbol) to the Buckeye Trail (hiker symbol) that led to Whipp’s Ledges. The rocks at Whipp’s Ledges are perfect for rock climbing, but you need to know what you’re doing and bring your own equipment. Along with the runners and walkers on the trails, there were plenty of people out walking their dogs and fishing. I found out from one of the people there that you can go to Walmart (of all places) and get a fishing license of $20.
Price: free
Time: approx. 3 hours on the trails
http://www.clemetparks.com/visit/index.asp?action=rdetails&reservations_id=1011
Hinckley Reservation, CASB ©2008
Hinckley Lake, CASB ©2008
Hinckley Lake, CASB ©2008
Fishing Bench on Hinckley Lake, CASB ©2008
Hinckley Lake Trail, CASB ©2008
Hinckley Lake, CASB ©2008
Hinckley Lake Trail, CASB ©2008
Whipp's Ledges, CASB ©2008
Whipp's Ledges, CASB ©2008
Fishing Bench on Hinckley Lake, CASB ©2008
--- Drinks with Friends ---: highly recommended
Then later on Saturday, I met up with a small group at the Bier Market on W. 25th to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I never actually went inside because our party was seated outside, but the beer list was pretty extensive, and although we didn’t get there until around 9 pm, I saw that they have some really great happy hour specials.
http://www.bier-markt.com/
All in all, another banner weekend in Cleveland.
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