Cleveland Rocks!

Today we drove to Cleveland to take my fathers wife to Cleveland Clinic. She had to go for a surgical follow up appointment. It is about 3 hours from where we live. Luckily it was a great day for a drive.

While they were at the appointment, we decided to drive around instead of sitting in the waiting room. On the way to the clinic, we drove through Rockefeller Park, and decided to go back to check it out.

We stopped and took some pictures of this pond....

and the wildlife that was there.

Chris picked the right street to drive up. We found The Rockefeller Park Greenhouse.

Plans for the City Greenhouse were presented in 1902. Three years later the first units were completed on a portion of the 270 acres donated to the City by John D. Rockefeller. The Greenhouse was initially used solely for growing the plants used to landscape City parks and gardens. The Greenhouse and grounds have since evolved into a Botanical garden with specialty plant collections, seasonal floral displays, and theme gardens.

There are exotic Orchids and Bromeliads displayed in bloom.

This is one of the Orchids. (Ladies Slipper)

Click HERE to check out their website.

This is a Gardenia. It is warm weather shrub that can grow up to 6 feet tall.

This tree is growing along the winding paths of one of the outdoor gardens.

After our exciting day, we started the long drive home. We stopped at the Cracker Barrel in Erie for dinner.

We didn't expect to enjoy ourselves while in Cleveland, but we really did. The best part is that it was free!