Kelleys Island is on the
Lake Erie Coastal Trail and on the National Historic Register of Historic
Places. Fishermen refer to Kelleys Island as the "Walleye
Capital of the World".
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and their grandson
at Kelleys Island July 12, 2011 |
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Kelleys Island is on the
Lake Erie Coastal Trail and on the National Historic Register of Historic
Places. Fishermen refer to Kelleys Island as the "Walleye
Capital of the World". |
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The Jet Express and the
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| Below: The wake behind the boat was fabulous and even sported a rainbow at times. | |
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Below: Lunch time |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
rented a golf cart and their grandson drove the golf cart to the Glacial
Grooves |
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The glacial grooves are
the largest glacial grooves in existence. Viewing these grooves scoured
into the native limestone bedrock by the advancement of the Wisconsin
glacier 30,000 years ago is a sight to remember! |
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| Glacial Grooves are the finest example of glacial scouring/scoring in North America and probably the world. This glacial grooves is about 430 foot in length, 15 foot deep, 35 foot wide and is only a small sample of the grooves that at one time extended into the lake. The remainder of the grooves was quarried, burned to make lime, and sold for limestone. Since 1923 the site has been protected and maintained by various state protective agencies and groups, and is currently under management by the Ohio Historical Society. | |
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| The deep grooves and markings were caused as the heavy glacial wall, which had rocks and boulders embedded in its base, moved south carving out the relatively soft island limestone. Embedded and very visible throughout the limestone is a multitude of fossils. | |
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The Quarry |
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| Kelleys Island State Park Beach is not a large beach, and the water was pretty shallow. The deepest it got was maybe 5 feet deep, at least in the part of the beach where swimming is allowed. This is actually a bay off of Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes | |
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may visit each of the sections below in any order you choose. The page
you are presently on is not underlined and cannot be chosen from here.
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 AFTER
you have viewed all three (3) sections above, please continue on
for the adventures of the two RV Gypsies at Cedar
Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio - See Karen
and Alex ride Top Thrill Dragster - the third fastest roller coaster in
the world and the second tallest roller coaster in the world (as of the
year 2011)
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