Butterfly Garden at Linton Gardens in Elkhart on Highway 17

 Where the quilt garden use to be at Linton Gardens there is now a butterfly garden.

Escape Room in Cleveland

Perplexity Games runs an escape room in Cleveland.  We (Sheri and I and Jeremy's family) did a fantasy escape.  There were two rooms, and we had an hour to complete.  The first room went relatively quickly, but the second room was a struggle.  It was good to see everyone working together.   We were standing on patterns on the floor, and I am still not sure how Jeremy determined where we should stand.  The games was two cerebral for me and it gave me a head ache.  My first Escape Room experience.

waiting area

success

Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza: Underground Railroad

 Ohio has service plaza instead of rest area along the I 80 turnpike.  These are places you can pull in while staying on the turnpike.  The service centers have gas and a few restaurants.  They usually don't say much  about local history but I found this plaque at one of them about the Underground Railroad.  The turnpike is not too far from Canada and freedom for fleeing slaves.  

I80 Westbound Rest Area, Grinnell

 The theme of the Grinnell Westbound rest area is the family farm.  The Grinnell Eastbound focuses on Grinnell University.

Omaha Restaurant Review: Denny's

 Denny's is a national chain and we have been frequenting them for many years.  There was one close to our home in San Jose/Cupertino.  It changed to a different restaurant, but we often enjoyed their grand sla breakfast.  We could feed the whole family for not much money.  However Denny's has changed.  We were in Cleveland (Rockside Rd just off the 77) needing dinner and took the boys.  It was a terrible experience.  We were hungry, and they took forever to serve us.  When they did the food came out one plate at a time, so some were served and others still waited.  And except for the pancakes the food was not very good.  I had salmon, which was overspiced and very salty.  Those who had breakfast seemed to do okay with their food.  Sheri had onion rings, which weren't done crispy and she asked them to fry them a bit more.  They still seemed rather soft.  The worse part about the experience is we were there with hungry boys and it took over an hour for us to be served.  It will be a long time before we visit a Denny's again.  There are a couple of Denny's in Omaha.