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Lake Erie is a bastion of beach glass. Collecting beach glass (or sea glass, if you find it at the ocean) is meditation for thousands of beachcombers, who walk the shores hoping to find treasure: a rare pattern of sea pottery, a red sliver or purple jellybean of glass. A couple of reasons for the…
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During the season, as many as 750,000 visitors swarm Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island. They crowd the ferries, cram the bars, cover the roads in golf carts and the harbor with boats. The season runs April through October. But July and early August is when PIB’s bars are busiest, and when the resort pools and…
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will kick off a week of festivities tied to the 2018 Induction Ceremony with what could be a record-setting event along Lake Erie. The museum’s “Celebration Day,” presented by PNC, takes place from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Rock Hall’s…
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A 2016-built ranch in the Lake Erie Shores community in Painesville Township has access to a private beach on Lake Erie and scenic trails. Priced at $325,000, the 1,600-square-foot home features two bedrooms, three full bathrooms, main-floor laundry rood, an open floor plan and a gourmet kitchen. It has wide plank floors, upgraded hardware, custom…
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You can paddle a kayak. And with Hobie Mirage kayaks you can pedal. You pedal lightly with your feet, and two underwater flippers — modeled after penguin’s feet — push out beneath the kayak to propel you through the water. With a little effort, you could go 3-5 mph, said Buckeye Sports Center kayak expert…
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Want a free vacation on Lake Erie this summer? Visit the zoo, sip Ohio-made wine, take in the Erie Islands, dine overlooking the lake, tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cheer on the Lake County Captains baseball team, zipline and see a play. The Tour the Shore trip from June 1 to 8,…
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Meet Matthew Golga, an insurance adjuster who this summer is launching Sunset Cleveland, private boat cruises on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie. Golga, 44, of North Olmsted was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in September. In October, he bought a 26-foot, 1969 wooden Lyman Express Cruiser. “You talk about someday, and someday never comes.…
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The U.S. Coast Guard could sell the bigger lighthouse in Cleveland’s harbor this year. The Guard owns both lighthouses along the breakwall, where the Cuyahoga River meets Lake Erie, said Chris Channels, executive petty officer at the Aids to Navigation Team in Buffalo, which oversees buoys and lighthouse from the St. Lawrence River to Vermilion.…
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Rocky River plans to replace 290 feet of the crumbling Bradstreet’s Landing pier — and would like to revive the tired park surrounding it. The Lake Road pier has been closed since November because of deteriorating concrete, missing supports, fractured steel panels and more in the far end of the pier. The section closest to…
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Cleveland boaters have a beef with the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge that blocks access between the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie. The railroad promises to lessen delays at the NS1 bridge and improve relationships this summer with freighters, safety patrols, cruise ships and recreational boats. But if you experience excessive delays, don’t just gripe about…
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