I am going to be planning bike rides when the weather gets better. I want to get an idea of when is the best time.

Sunday, August 8th is 2 great events in town. I am doing a poll to determine which is more popular with our members, and then I will post it up as a meetup event when the poll closes this weekend. The first event is called "Twins Days" in Twinsburg, which features 1000's of sets of twins from around the world. It's supposedly a heck of a fun and surreal experience. In addition to the twins, there's other stuff like music, food, and "festival" activities. The second event is the Cedar Fairmount Summer Festival & Arts and Craft Show in Cleveland Heights. Featuring rocket car rides, pony rides, clown/puppet show, tours of the alcazar hotel, live music all day, art show, and international food. PLEASE VOTE, YOUR VOTE COUNTS UNLIKE REAL ELECTIONS. ~John

They are selling $50 gift certificates for $15.00 + shipping (2 $25 certificates). If I understand it right your cost would be somewhere between 5-6 bucks to include food and unlimited play. We could go for 5 hours on something like a Saturday or Sunday afternoon or try the lockdown which would be 10pm-8am on a weekend night (Friday or Saturday) You and a guest to enjoy 5 hours each of unlimited Free game time, one large pizza, and two 24 oz.bottles of soda! We have 10 - 36" tv's with xBox 360's all linked together and online. 3- 27" tv's with a PS2,PS3 and WII with all the latest games available to play. We also have 18 XP Computers with all the latest computer games. Come play against your friends or find people online to play against. It Cold Fusion holds Lock In's through out the month on weekends where you pay $25 and play all the games you want from 10pm-8am, food provided around11pm-midnight. We also hold birthday parties and private lock ins for groups.

This idea came to fruition late last fall and I have to wait until this coming spring to get the ball rolling. I am planning 3 urban hikes this spring. I did a short one last fall that began on the rocks at Lakewood Park, which then took us along the Lake and then we hiked to Caribou Coffee and then the Beer Engine for lunch. The 3 I have in mind for this spring are as follows: (1) Edgewater Park rock climbing followed by a hike thru the Detroit Shoreway, ending up at Happy Dog for lunch and drinks; (2) Brecksville Reservation rock climbing and hiking; and (3) The Cuyahoga Valley Random Hike.

One of our members from Alaska has shown some interest in a group event to Niagara, perhaps early 2010. We need to see how many people have a passport.