Ohio 2009 Part I

After relatively smooth flights Friday the entire Boyce clan from Texas gathered in Cleveland to visit relatives from Nana's side of the family (the Ross clan.) Everyone is staying at Sean's Great Grandma Ross' house in North Royalton. Saturday we toured the port and the Cuyahoga River on the Good Times III tour boat - a two hour tour. Saturday evening we went to David and JoAnn Ross' house for dinner. A good time was by all, catching up and watching the kids.

Kathleen (Nana) and her three brothers and three children, husband, mother, two neices and two grand children

The Good Times III

A fire boat on the river

Nick and Elissa on the Good Times III

Cleveland is also known as "The City of Bridges" There are an impressive number of fixed, lift, swing and jack knife bridges over the river, most still in use. The following link has pictures of the different types of bridges. The bridge in the foreground, above, is a lift bridge that had just lifted to let us through. Cleveland Bridges

Downtown Cleveland skyline. The taller building on the left is the Terminal Tower. This 52 story building was the 2nd tallest building in the world when finished in 1930 and was the tallest building in the U.S. outside of New York City until 1964. (when the Prudential Center in Boston MA was completed.) There are now about 20 buildings in Houston alone that exceed the height of the Terminal Tower.

Aunt JoAnn and her family put together great gift bags for Sean and Elissa. The most fun was Elissa's box of sidewalk chalk. Here, Grandpa helps out.

Jeannie helps Elissa and Sean color