Visiting Cleveland area-looking for LFS

[igotsalt]

Hello!
We will be visiting the area for a soccer tournament in Hudson and wanted to visit local LFS. Will be staying in Streetsboro, OH. Can anyone suggest some local reef stores we can visit? Would like to pick-up some soft corals...colorful zoas, colt coral etc.
We visited the Cleveland zoo last time there. We will have a couple of hours every day to sight see. Any suggestions on local attractions 12yr old boys would enjoy? Museums, planetariums, tours? Arriving Friday 10/6.

Thanks in advance!

 

[serpentman]

Salty Critter (Vermillion) <worth the drive
Aquatic Technologies (Columbia Station)
Coral Shoppe <not an actual store, operate by appointment.

 

[Burgman]

Hi,

Places to see:
Stan Hywet Hall(Old Sieberling Mansion)
Geauga Lake Amusement Park
Akron Zoo
Hale Farm
Mckinley Museum & Planetarium(Canton Ohio)
Inventors hall of fame
Hartville flee Market(huge flee market)


Dave

 

[igotsalt]

Thanks for the information!

 

[oldreefer76]

If you decide to go to either Aquatic Technology or Salty Critter let me know I have some nice Capnella (kenya tree) frags you can have free can meet you at either place

 

[igotsalt]

That is very generous! I would like to visit both places. If time permits I would like to hit Aquatic Tech (friday) on the way up and Salty Critter (Sunday) on the way back home. Any corals you are looking for ? I have some frags maybe you would be interested in!

 

[itZme]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8286853#post8286853 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by igotsalt
I would like to hit Aquatic Tech (friday) on the way up and Salty Critter (Sunday) on the way back home.

Just be sure to give yourself at least an hour to gawk at Salty Critter. They close at 6pm on Sat & Sun. If you tell them you have a long drive ahead they should give you a little extra bagging on your purchases or even a styro box to get them home safely.

The INVENTORS HALL OF FAME MUSEUM is a pretty good time with the kids. Depending on your interests, there are some neat things to see. The GOODYEAR AIRDOCK is where they keep the Goodyear blimps, it is one of those "have to see it to believe the size of it" things. Right near the Air dock is the All-American Soap Box Derby "Derby Downs" hill. It isn't super interesting to see without some 10yr old rolling down it but it is worth a short stop while you are there. Also, if you all happen to be hungry, I would HIGHLY recommend making a stop at SWENSON'S DRIVE-IN for a Galley Boy (rated the best hamburger in the WORLD by many, try a google search for "Galley Boy Hamburger"). My personal favorite thing there is the Root Beer Milkshake
They are an old-fashioned drive-in where they hang your trays on the wondow like the old days (before I was born but my parents have told me about it)

If you are headed to Salty Critter there is a MARITIME MUSEUM in Vermilion, old quaint downtown for shopping and a nice peir out into Lake Erie just a few minutes west of Salty Critter on Main Street.

Cleveland has the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME and the GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER that has an OMNIMAX THEATER there.

That should keep you busy for a while

Enjoy your trip!
-- Kevin