Cleveland, United States Travel Blogs

Twelve days and four pounds later
Jun 5, 2005 (4 photos)

... the plane casually dropped, I nearly swear he only did that to save on fuel. From Denver I caught an uneventful flight to Cleveland. As it was it Memorial (a bank holiday that remembers all veterans and military personal who died and fought for the USA) ...

One day to go and the adventure begins.
Aug 17, 2008 (1 photos)

One day to go before the adventure begins. Today is prep day everything we need will be packed in the Navigator ready for take off Monday morning.  Our first destination will be St. Louis Missouri.  This is where the Chain of Rocks Bridge is located on the ...

Random preliminary thoughts
Jan 15, 2006

I (we?)hope to periodically update this blog, God knows why, with random events, issues, thoughts and other garbage that occur before we embark on this journey. Hope it provides some insights and/or chuckles to those that read it. Right now, I am just ...

The Cleve
Apr 6, 2009 (1 photos)

... fine weather on Saturday as an augur of good things to come (and trying not to read too much into today's snowstorm in Cleveland and earthquake in Italy--terrible!).  We'll try to update this blog with photos every couple of days or so.  ...

Cleveland
Aug 3, 2007

Cleveland

The Cats are back in town!
Aug 11, 2006 (10 photos)

... of the local obnoxious bird life. Rose likes to take pictures by the way, and Dude is convinced that upon our return to the states the camera will have to be surgically removed from Rose's face. Anyway, she would leave crumbs of bread out as bait to lure ...

Home sweet home
Apr 26, 2009 (1 photos)

We had a wonderful trip but are glad to be back in Cleveland.  Thanks to all our wonderful family and friends in Slovenia and Lebanon who made this a very special honeymoon. Love, Mike and Steph

On becoming 2 digit midgets
Apr 22, 2006 (2 photos)

I thought it might be a good time to revisit this site as it looks more and more like this trip may actually happen. The title of this entry is a reference to my time in the Marines when we would call ourselves "2 digit midgets" when our enlistment time ...

Travel to Italy- Flight #1
Jan 14, 2007

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POST EKG
Jan 20, 2006

Took the echo stress test on Tuesday. Hardest part was shaving my chest for the electrode hookups. Really itchy now. Oh, yeah, and the technician was bound and determined to turn me into a shishkabob with the ultrasound probe or gizmo or whatever it is ...

The Beginning
Oct 21, 2005

... of the stars in the heavens. The return date is a little more flexible. The main (sole) reason I'm even coming back to the states in march instead of making this a roughly year long trip is that I need to visit grad schools in March/early April. So, ...

Update
Mar 3, 2006 (2 photos)

... even more appealing. A couple of weeks later the "Tahiti crew plus two" met for dinner at the Metropolitan Cafe in downtown Cleveland. The plus two consisted of Woody and Marilyn who decided not to participate in the trip to paradise, as they are much ...

Notes from Decision to present
Jun 23, 2006

... I cant even loosen up enough to just get in the car and 'turn left' and see where I go. At this point- plan is for Cleveland and Mom/Aunt Rita and friends- then Every person I know with an extra room has offered it to me to live in. I am suddenly ( ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jun 23, 2009 (6 photos)

... expensive parking ticket waiting for me.  Now, I'm trying really hard not to let this mistake influence my opinion of Cleveland, but I doubt I will venture back to the city in the near future.  Besides, the whole idea of other people deciding ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jun 24, 2009 (23 photos)

Today we drove from Chicago, IL to Cleveland, OH.  The most important thing we wanted to see in Cleveland was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.  We enjoyed it a lot, but it was much smaller than we anticipated.  The museum had ...

cancelled
Aug 22, 2008

flight cancelled!! Im writing from my phone at the airport. Yes as my father would say I am entirely too connected. I'm now flying to Boston then to Amsterdam then kilimanjaro. I'll be there at the same time planned previously: 745 p Saturday. Tom ...

san fran to cleveland
Jun 2, 2007 (18 photos)

... lucky that day. and, again, let me just point out that i ran and didn't die!!! classic. we caught the mega bus to cleveland on tuesday 29th which took about 6 hours. we arrived in cleveland at about 10:30pm and were met at the bus station by jim and ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Oct 23, 2007 (5 photos)

We drove along Hwy's 2 and 6 which mostly run along Lake Erie to get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The museum was large and we spent most the afternoon there.  Many exhibits such as Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, ...

Flight to Paris
Jun 4, 2005

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Hejhopp allihoppa!
Nov 21, 2008 (1 photos)

Welcome to the show-me state, Missouri! That's where we are, the road is long and straight and everything around us is pretty much flat. We left Strongsville, Ohio yesterday evening around 6pm which means that we have been on the road for about 15 ...

SCUBA?
Jan 16, 2006

One major issue for me is about SCUBA diving on the trip to Tahiti. Mike and Craig are already certified. I am not, but would like to be. I have about six months to get the lessons and certification dive, unless I do the dive in Tahiti. Problem is, I had ...

Cleveland
Sep 21, 1996

... roof of the van using a 6 prong budgie cord.  We were known to the trucks as the covered wagon.  We arrived in Cleveland in the mid afternoon 2:30 Entry in journal very small: We left at 7:00 got to th rock and roll museam at 2:30.  ...

Cleveland Rocks!
Jul 30, 2004 (3 photos)

Got into Cleveland Wed. night and headed downtown for a ballgame at Jacobs Field. We went with the $5 tickets and got a $5 view. The stadium was great, the beer was big, and the hotdog was, well, a hotdog. We can check that stadium off the list of major ...

Turn Pike Stop
Sep 24, 2009 (6 photos)

After running 200 miles,  and freaking out on the gas mileage...   We decided to experiment with this new RV feature where we can boondock at the rest stop with POWER!!!    It was nice, and after setting up camp  we ...

Last minute thoughts
Jul 24, 2006

Woke up very early this morning. Or, as my daughter, who's got more degrees than God likes to say, "The butt crack of dawn!" Ah, education. After returning from Circleville the real prep began, the last minute stuff. As usual there were last minute hang ...

Picking up Uncle Tom in Cleveland
Aug 8, 2008 (12 photos)

We just picked up Uncle Tom at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! When he got off his plane he took a subway there and had a good time looking around. But when we got there the building was closing so we got out and just rested for a little while. Johnny ...

To forskellige verdener på een dag......
Jul 23, 2007 (4 photos)

Hej igen, Efter Niagara Falls gik turen mod Cedar Point, som skulle være een af verdens største rutchebaneparker - og det tror vi på. Hele 18 rutchebaner, som alle var RET vilde. Scoopet var Top Thrill Dragster, som accelererer fra 0-200 km/t på 4 ...

Cleveland
Nov 15, 2007

Bus stop.

Mail Me!!
Jan 4, 2006

Hello all! I haven't left yet, but I thought I would put up the mailing addresses and dates of the ports I will be visiting in case any of you wonderful people wish to mail me some good old snail mail, you could :-) Thanks! P.S. The second date above ...

Wedding in Cleveland
Aug 1, 2008

... 11 we left to go to the in-laws house where Pooh's cousin was staying. We had to drive to the other side of Cleveland to get there - over 50 miles from our campground. The drive was OK until we reached downtown where there was some crazy traffic - with no ...