Hi all, and greetings after a long night's trip from Chicago to Canton Ohio and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Steve did the driving overnight and I will drive us into Washington. Not too tough of a drive, but the miles are really starting to pile up. Last time I blogged it was from Detroit. Here are a few of my observations from the last couple of days.
- We breezed into Canada without any problems. Steve and I were on passports, while Mike and Shawn had their enhanced driver's licenses. No problem getting into Canada at all, and it was an easy Saturday morning drive to Toronto for an extra inning game won by Toronto. Poor Cliff Lee, he can't buy a victory. But walk off wins are very cool. And the fans were well into the game.
- But before the game we had time to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame, and I'm just not that big of a puck head. Mike and Shawn are, and Steve enjoyed it just fine. Lots of history there. Too bad Lord Stanley's Cup was in California. It was too bad we weren't a day earlier, as we could have seen the Falling Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls. Didn't get to spend much time except to see what we could from the car. We had to make it to Cleveland.
- Saw a high scoring game between the Pirates and the Indians on Father's Day. It is really neat to spend Father's Day on the road with my son and nephew. They have been great during this trip. And saw the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We could have spent a lot more time there, but we did have places to go.
- John Denver had a song a long time ago called "Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio". We missed it by one day. It was Sunday night in Toledo. It was not a nice song by John Denver. But here's to the dogs of Toledo Ohio. In our case, it was the Hungarian Hot Dogs. Too spicy for this old man, that's for sure. Then on through the evening to Chicago.
- The only time I had ever been in Chicago was when I got stuck for an overnight missed flight at O'Hare Airport. Not much to see that time. Thanks to Mike's friend Dave, we got a nice little tour. I was hoping to see Ferris Bueller or Principal Rooney, but no such luck. We got to see an intense rivalry game between the Cubs and the Sox on the south side that the Northsiders won in a romp. It was only rivaled by the tension in the stands of the Oakland - Colorado game last Tuesday. And that brings us to the front door of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with a long drive to get to Washington for tonight's game. Then we should slow down on the driving for a couple of days. That's good, as my back side is starting to get sore from sitting so much.
- I would have liked to have spent some extra time seeing Niagara Falls, but we simply ran out of time in our effort to get to Cleveland on Saturday night. Still, we have now gone through 18 different states (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois), along with one Canadian province (Ontario). Not bad for 1/3 of the trip.
We will pick it back up in the next few days.
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