Day 2: Home of Lebron

Boy, what a day. But it does feel good to have another temporary home for the night, a $99 Holiday Inn in downtown Cleveland that is surprisingly not filled with cockroaches. Our day started in Cooperstown, and a 3 hour visit in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Boy, what a place. If you have any interest in baseball, then it's definitely a trip that's worth making. To my disappointment, I couldn't absorb all of the information fast enough but the most important part is the atmosphere and mystique of being in such an historic place, surrounded by artifacts belonging to seemingly super-humans who have entertained us on the diamond for years. Cooperstown isn't just about the hall, a couple of amazing golf courses (circa about 1900) were also great visits and almost distracted us from the true reason for our trip. After dragging Will out of the plaque room, we embarked on our journey West, to Buffalo and then Cleveland. We obviously had to get Buffalo Wings in Buffalo, but first we took a slight detour north to Niagara Falls, a wonder of the world that was certainly worth the extra time. I've never been, and it certainly lived up to the reputation. The power of nature is stunningly beautiful, and we were both reminded of this during our short stop. But the road called to us, to the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, the birthplace of the Buffalo Wing. This also lived up to the reputation, providing us with the greatest wings that we had ever tasted or could imagine tasting. The atmosphere was rustic, with license plates of numerous states covering the walls, and random motorcycles parked in the beams. After our dinner of ten wings each and plenty of ice water to cool them down, we returned to the highway en route to Cleveland. The sunset was one of the best I've ever seen over Lake Erie, rush hour traffic never seemed to happen, and the music treated us well on rt. 90 West. I certainly scored on the cheap hotel, and here we are, with the longest day of our trip behind us and the most leisurely days ahead of us, relaxing and ready to test Cleveland's nightlife. The plan for tomorrow is as follows: hit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, maybe try to find a casino to kill some time in, then head over to Chicago. It should be a relatively short 6 hour trip through the heart of the industrial belt to stay with one of Will's buddies. He is like a kid in a candy store every time we come anywhere close to a city, and now that we're approaching one of his favorites, his excitement can hardly be contained. So check in tomorrow night for another update, from another city, closer to Denver!

I apologize for the lack of photos, my camera connection to the computer has definitely not been working. I'll try to mass upload snapshots from the trip when I can. Sweet!