Cleveland has turned out to be much nicer than we expected. We got here mid-afternoon and took a walking tour of the city. Beautiful old and new buildings and statues. The downtown area is small enough to be easily walkable, and traffic is pretty light. We walked up to Lake Erie by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and some science and technology museums. Very impressive. We visited The Arcade, the nation's first enclosed shopping center. The stores were closed when we got there, and being empty of people made it even more impressive, sort of like one of those sepia postcards. The long atrium ceiling reminded me of pictures of the main building of the old Chicago World's Fair.
Tomorrow: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Random comments:
- Through the thousands of miles we've driven we've seen very few accidents. We saw a couple of fender-benders in southern Calif., and a couple of scarier-looking ones in one of the mountain parks, Yellowstone, I think. One involved a motorcycle that went off the road on a sharp turn. It was only about 75 yards down the hill, and it didn't look like the riders were seriously hurt, but yikes! The other involved a car that did the same thing. No apparent injuries.
- Because we never knew where we would be much in advance, I was afraid we might have trouble getting lodging, but it never was a problem. Every afternoon about 4 Serry would check the GPS for motels at our expected destination, and then call them on her cell for availability, price, etc. We never had a problem, even near the big national parks. We actually got a place in Grand Canyon NP the day we arrived there. We couldn't get a room in Yellowstone, but we easily got a place less than a mile from the park entrance.
- The GPS and cell phones made traveling a breeze. God knows where we'd be now without them. Probably lost somewhere in Death Valley.
- Until the trip, we always figured that gambling was pretty much restricted to Las Vegas and Indian reservations. Boy, were we naive. I guess there aren't too many places to gamble seriously on the east coast, and maybe the mid west, but starting around Texas, I think it was, casinos and slot machines are everywhere!
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