Day 2 - Cleveland to LaPorte IN - 300 miles

  LaPorte, Indiana, United States
Sunday, June 22, 2008

It is about 9 pm CST.  We just crossed into the time zone and settled for the night in LaPorte IN, about 70 miles from Chicago.  It was a long and tiring day, but fun.

After our late night, the kids slept in and after we got moving, we didn't leave the hotel until around 10:30.  We got gas - went down again $3.97 per gallon.

Gas price down to $3.97 - Independence OH

.  Then traveled the short 9 miles to Cleveland.

More Skyline

We arrived at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, after passing by the Huntington Bank Building - a Deloitte client Right aligned photo tag:

Deloitte Client

and Browns Stadium.

Browns Stadium

Then we arrived at the Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame

.  It is right on the banks of Lake Erie.

Kids at lake Erie

. Really beautiful architecture by the same architect as the Vietnam Memorial.

Unfortunately they didn't let us take pictures inside the Hall, just in the lobby.

Display at hall of fame

Phish Hot Dog

 

Moby & Gwen from South Side

The best sites were Beatles, Doors, Rolling Stones.  My favorites were the fashions, Janis Joplins psycadelic porsche,

Jerry Garcia Guitars

 Elvis's custom purple Cadillac and the ZZ top car.

U2 props from Zoo TV

The most touching item was Paul McCartney's song notes for Hey Jude, that he wrote for Julian Lennon.  You can see "Jules" crossed out.  It was really fun.

Phish Fries

  Ironically, there was also a Baseball and Music exhibit.  As we left we got to see Johnny Cash's tour bus.

Johnny Cash Bus

Liscence Plate

Also a handwritten letter from Madonna when she was a college freshman at the University of Michigan, saying she wanted to move to NY and would probably "fail".  haha. We spent about 3 hours there and saw all the sites.  Lots of fun. 

Then we headed to the

Guitar

Cleveland Hard Rock for a very late lunch.

Hard Rock Clveland

It was good,

Apps

same as most Hard Rocks.

Jim Morrison

It is right near the Quicken

Chicken Club

Loans arena and Progressive Field.

Hard Rock

We will be back to see the Indians at Progressive on Wed. 

Progressive Field from a distance

Also huge pic of Lebron 

Lebron

 - across 3 buildings.   Even though there was no traffic, I had a bit of road rage, navigating the streets of Cleveland.

Then we headed out for a 4.5 hour drive to LaPorte.  

Hannah roadtriping

It was straight highway. 

Welcome to Indiana

. Mike helped out and drove for an hour and a half or so.  Good times as we listened to many of the artists we saw at the Hall of Fame.  Indiana has beautiful farms. 

Indiana roadways

Boring subway for dinner as the "Diners Drive Ins and Dives" place I planned closed at 8.  Oh well.

Pretty low key day.  Lisence plates up to 33 states, New Brunswick and Ontario.

Tomorrow - off to CHICAGO!!! - We are going to stop at Notre Dame in the morning and drive thru. then about 70 miles to Chicago.  Game is at 7, so hope to get some sites before then.  Will blog again tomorrow.