Cuyahoga Valley National Park

We took a trip to Ohio to meet up with Grandy and Poppy at the Cuyahoga National Park there. The park is located between Cleveland and Akron and was quite nice. We took Emily hiking on our backs and Greg and I managed to get out for a nice bike ride on the towpath while Emily hung out with Grandy and Poppy.

As the pictures show, we saw some beautiful waterfalls and great scenery. We even had one really cool day when the high was only mid-50's.

Emily did great on the drive to and from OH. She's becoming quite the traveler regardless of whether it is by plane or car.

We had to tailor our hikes to be Emily friendly - not too long and with enough stops to keep her happy. And not too tough, the backpack with her in it is at least 25-30 pounds so one person has a bit of a tougher hike than everyone else.

Emily hit a new milestone on the trip. Her first temper tantrum. Make that, her first 3 temper tantrums all in one day! Fortunately, each was short lived and we haven't seen them again since then. I have a feeling that she was overtired and that contributed to her frustration. We tried on the sleep front while we were gone, but Emily seemed to think there was too much going on for her to sleep too much during the trip.

We all had a really good time and had fun enjoying the outdoors.