Cleveland, Land of Rock

The drive to Cleveland was pretty bad. We didn't know it, but it was a 6 hour drive and cost about $20 just in tolls. We got to the city around 5:30 and headed straight for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Now for some reason, it is opened until 9 PM on Wednesday's and closes at 5:00 everyday. I would like to say we knew that ahead of time and planned it, but that would be a lie. And I don't lie. This place was very cool. They had so much memorabilia that you could probably spend an entire day in there. Since we didn't have that kind of time, I checked out all the big things. The outfits that are synonymous with the greatest names in Rock n' Roll; the guitars that I have seen being played in concert. Having an appreciation for music, I thoroughly enjoyed this stop. We spent about an hour and a half there, then went to the warehouse district for dinner. We finally found our pizza place that we had been looking for. We went in and got onion rings and pizza and beer. It was good, but for the first time in a while, we didn't feel overly full. Maybe it's because the pizza wasn't loaded with fat. Maybe we are getting fat. Who knows? We then went to the hotel, and this place was in the running for worst hotel on the trip. It was mostlyore the god awful smelled that was plastered throughout. We all got some showers felt clean and headed back to the warehouse district for some drinks. It was raining. This is the first time on the entire trip that we had actually been in any real rain. We weren't really sure what to do, so we just got wet. When we got there we saw a bar with music playing and people dancing, looked fun. Upon walking in, we realized that the five people we saw dancing in the front window were the only five people dancing and it was a bachelorette party. Last time Steve attempted to dance in on a bachelorette party in New Orleans it didn't go to well, so we kept our distance. From there we just stuck to our gameplan and went to any place that looked kinda fun. With it being a Wednesday we weren't expecting much, but thought the more places we try, the better chance we have. We ended up back at the first bar we went to, where we all made friends with some nice women. Steve and Joe went dancing, I ended talking to some guys within 20 years of our age about Cleveland and what not. We stopped at one little place before we left and we were all singing along with a jukebox. Great times, great pals, great trip. Tomorrow is pretty much the finale.