Rock, Roll and Dortmunder

Tuesday, June 25

Today we got up and had breakfast, then we decided to split up and go to Walmart and do laundry, as well. Tony took the Walmart list and dropped me off at the office with the laundry. By the time he was done, the laundry was almost done.

We ate leftovers, and then headed to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, OH, about a 40 minute drive from us. The GPS took us on an adventure through the middle of downtown Cleveland.

Downtown Cleveland feels a lot like downtown Dallas.

An old Catholic Church nestled among the sky-scrapers in downtown Cleveland.

One thing I noticed here, there are not many citizens driving pickup trucks, Especially not one ton duallies! We started to pull into the museum parking, but it looked like we wouldn't fit. The height restriction and metal partitions on either side of the entrance looked awfully tight, So we began looking for alternatives. We found a lot on the other side of the Cleveland Browns football stadium probably a half-mile away from our destination! Both are located on the shore of Lake Erie. The walk was a little warm, but not too difficult.

The Cleveland Browns Stadium

Once we arrived and took few outside pictures, we started our tour. The museum is set up in six levels and is a pyramid shaped building, so each level has a successively smaller space. It really was quite fascinating to see all of the memorabilia and artifacts from the history of rock 'n roll.

This is very unique building!

The front of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

us!

The entrance explained what you are about to see.

An Elvis jumpsuit and his Grammy

Heavy metal display

The Beatles display

Part of the Rolling Stones display

Michael Jackson's sequined glove

ZZTop's fuzzy drums

There was so much to see and lots of folks touring, so getting pictures was a little challenging. We probably could've spent two days there, to read and experience everything!

While we were in the museum, I got an alert that there was a severe thunderstorm warning for our area. Sure enough the winds picked up and it became to rain very hard. Mind you we are in an entirely glass-enclosed building, so I was concerned about hail. Luckily no hail, but we did see some folks get caught out in the wind-driven rain. We wandered around the gift shop for a bit then decided to trek back to the truck, since it stopped raining for the moment. We had made plans to meet up with a former coworker of mine, Dale, that now lives near here.

Another GPS adventure to get to Great Lakes Brewing Company and find parking, but we managed. Dale suggested a great place to eat and have a beer with a good friend! I have the t-shirt to prove it!

This older revitalized area reminded us of the West End, in Dallas.

My souvenir from our visit! A great local craft beer, the Dortmunder Gold Lager, was shared.

After dinner and visiting we headed back to the rig. We were sooo tired, We didn't do much except watch some TV, until more storms moved in and the reception would not stay consistent. We sat and watched the lightening and listened to the storms blow through, then went to bed.

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