"On the cover of Rolling Stone..."

Our last planned destination was Cleveland to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This was Skip's request, I wasn't sure I would enjoy it. I was wrong.

We stayed near Cedar Point in Ohio. No clue that Cedar Point is an amusement park. It had a Jersey Shore feel to it without the salt in the air. We were on Lake Erie now and once again got there pretty late, too late to explore the area. We half thought about staying an extra night to catch our breath, but we wanted to be home in time to go to the Annual Polish Cousins Picnic on Saturday so we decided to push on. We made sure we went to a beach to dunk our feet in another Great Lake, this time Lake Erie.

The drive to Cleveland was scenic, again not taking an interstate made the ride more interesting. We passed through small towns many with huge mansions. I guess the rich folks build houses along the lake to keep cool in the summer. Parking was a challenge with the RV, but doing some Internet homework helped. We knew the municipal and the Port Authority lots would accept RVs. Had some trouble locating them, but we managed and didn't have too far a walk. It was pleasant enough. Parked by the Cleveland Browns Stadium. They had a windmill to power the stadium.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum is a multi-sensory experience. There is music in the background and I found myself singing or dancing to the music. Great photographs of the early influences of R & R. Some great artifacts from some of the greats: Elvis, the Beatles, Michael Jackson. There was a whole special exhibit about Bruce Springstein. I found it cool that I had seen some of the legends in concert. Skip had even seen Elvis a few times! What I enjoyed most were the movies about Rock and Roll and Motown. We spend most of the afternoon there, and could have spent more time.

We did not have reservations anywhere and didn't know where we would spend the night. Leaving the museum close to 5 p.m. and dealing with Cleveland rush hour traffic trying to get out of town didn't help us get a lot of miles done this day.

We stopped at the rest area of the Ohio Turnpike thinking we were parking in the RV lot. Found out that for $15 one could plug into electric and spend the night. They had pump out and fresh water if you needed it. The rest area had some food places as well as trucker's shower and laundry. So we paid the $15 and spent the night with several other RV's. Not KOA, but better than WalMart parking lot. And a bit closer to home than Cleveland....our last night on the road.