Cleveland
Travel Blogs from Cleveland, United States
Twelve days and four pounds later
... I sell it again, which saved me $50 in obtaining an Ohio driving permits and is legal apparently :-) The two main attractions in Cleveland was the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame, where I had nice lady in her sixties telling me how much a gentleman 'The Edgeš ...
One day to go and the adventure begins.
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 ...
Hurry up and...wait...
... on out. Stopped at a Bob Evans and repacked our gear...after what seemed like an hour we were back on the road Blasted through Cleveland, it's a huge city, we were planning on doing the rock hall of fame , but decided against it do to our time schedule, ...
Birthday Fun
... birthday! Oliver, Jackie, the Deepness, and Nicole all showed up on my doorstep as a surprise. We had a great time in Cleveland, Ohio! Ireland in a week and two days, I can't wait. Thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes, they were much ...
Random preliminary thoughts
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
... the 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 ...
The Cats are back in town!
... 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 ...
Home sweet home
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 ...
On becoming 2 digit midgets
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 ...
POST EKG
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 ...
Collections: Water Towers, Senior Buildings
The Water Tower collection started in Virginia. The Senior Building collection started in South Carolina. ...
The Beginning
... 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
... 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 ...
Ma! Whurs my teeth? {stray thoughts}
I've been in Deliverance country for a week and a half now and hadn't thought about it until Elizabeth commented about how we never see toothless people at home. Even at Walmart. (Elizabeth's note-I saw a woman in a car, missing her 4 front upper ...
Cleveland Rocks...just not today
... gear. Very scary, boys and girls! Rain didn't last long and we were back to beautiful clear skies again. Pulled into Cleveland around 430 or so, the Hall of Fame closes in an hour. We decided that we wouldn't go because of time restrictions, ...
Notes from Decision to present
... 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
... 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
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
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
... 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 ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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, ...
Hejhopp allihoppa!
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 ...
SCUBA?
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 ...
Libraries, Wendy's, Janis and The Rock Hall
... and the ventilation system was broken. Hope that gets us up to speed) Where was I? Yeah. I was seeking the Cleveland City Library but, all the buildings looked like Court houses and I saw no discernable "Library" sign so I ended up in ...
Cleveland
... the 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 ...
The Dying Cities
(written by Justin) Flint, Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland. All of those things you've heard about them, especially Detroit, are true. Somehow along the way we weren't inspired to stop and shoot any pictures, perhaps because we didn't see anything ...
Cleveland Rocks!
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 ...

