Cedar Point is a 5 mile long narrow island in Lake Erie, and it has the amusement park on the northern end and is lined with homes on the remaining 4 southern miles. There is a land bridge connecting the island on the south end and one connecting just south of the amusement park. Anne-Marie and I went for a drive yesterday, and decided to drive the Cedar Point Road to look at Lake Erie, and the large homes along the way.
We crossed the land bridge closest to the amusement park, and at the island, all lanes of the road had to pass through a toll booth, and no signs before saying anything about fees or tolls, and nowhere to turn around once we started. The lady at the toll booth said $12 for parking at the amusement park, and if we just want to drive around and look at the RV Park on the northern end of the island $12, and if we wanted preferred parking it was $20 and this gets us parking in a closer lot. But, we only wanted to drive the road where the houses are! The cost to drive across the parking lot to access the other road was 50cents, that worked for us. The residential road had one grand house after another, and in a few areas where the land was wide enough, there might be two rows of houses, but mostly there was a single house with a view of Lake Erie, and on the back side, a dock on the calmer waters of Sandusky Bay for the boat. The weather must be harsh in the winter, because on the lake side of the road, the entire length, there were boulders and rocks built up as a dike for protection of the homes. When we got to the lower land bridge, we were expecting a toll booth, and there were none. The northern land bridge must have been built by the amusement park, and that’s why the toll.
We went to a city park on the water, and this is the view of the roller coasters of Cedar Point Park. I have read reviews of the tallest one in the center, the orange/red one, its called Top Thrill Dragster, and it shoots the cars up and over the tall tower cork screwing down, and back down and around a short loop to the starting point. It’s so tall that it has warning strobe lights for aircraft. This ride is rated as one of the seven roller coasters in the world that will make you crap your pants. I want to go to amusement park to look around, but I’m not up to the challenge of this ride.
We had neat and interesting views of the bay and marinas, lots of large boats.
This end of the dyke had fishing areas and railings, and a view of the islands.
Anne-Marie found shells in one of the boulders on the deck, and as we looked at the other large boulders, they all had ribbons of fossils in them.
The concession stand at the KOA RV Park, $1 hotdogs on weekends, and a inexpensive breakfast in the mornings.
I walked down to the bay yesterday late afternoon, and the road is lined with a grass reed 12ft tall. It looks like bamboo but thinner walled, and it is easy to break with your hands. I think that this is what was used when someone needed to hide under water, and breath through a reed.
The groups of campers were clustered like small villages. The picture of the camp of the U-Haul trailer, and my finger, has a incredible amount of stuff scattered around, the trailer must have been stuffed to the gills.
Today the plan is to do some museum touring.
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