Today began with sunny skies in Cleveland. We walked the 5 or so city blocks from our hotel to Lake Erie, then on to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Which was super cool. Chris is the bassist for local super basement group the Este Ruggland Band, so he gravitated toward the guitars, while being a fashion plate, I was drawn to the clothes. There was a really cool cape that Mick Jagger wore that consisted of an American Flag and Union Jack stitched together. There is also a fantastic history of music listening exhibit, which features everything to phonographs to I-pods and batteries that weighed 5 pounds to the rechargeable watch battery sized things that run some of today’s mp3 players.
We left Cleveland at noonish, hit a hard and fast rain storm about half an hour later and another one before we even got to Columbus. After Columbus the land started getting really flat and more and more farms are speckling the landscape. People say the farms are boring, but I’m not sick of them yet. Its different from pine trees, forest, or the city scape we’ve become accustomed to.
After chowing down in Brookvile, Oh, we went Indy 500 on Indiana where the speed limit is 70 and some guy named Tom Raper sells RV’s and isn’t afraid to plaster his name, on giant billboards next to I-70. Another thing I learned about Indy is that the Lucas Oil Center, home of the Colts, is next to a toxic waste treatment facility. No wonder why the Colts make us hold our noses.
If you are unfamiliar with our Inaugural blog, Chris, Gordo, and I affectionately nicknamed the GPS “Hooters” on our way to D. C. Cheers to the folks who built Hooters because as soon as we crossed into the Central time zone and the state of Illinois her time automatically kicked back an hour. Thumbs down however to the folks at General Motors as my car clock needed to be manually turned back. No wonder why GM needs the bailout buckets. To St. Louis….
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