Ohio: Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame & Cuyahoga National Park

Location: Findley State Park, Ohio

I've never been to Cleveland before so I didn't know what to expect. You know what, it rocked! Well at least the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame did.

 

 

 

Here's the lobby shot of the Hall of Fame. It's a great use of space with tons of light. The museum is laid out on 6 floors and you start from the bottom and work your way up.

 

 

There was so much to take in, I was a bit overwhelmed. So many stars, so many instruments, so many costumes and so much music playing all at once.

Here's Rick Nielsen's, of Cheap Trick, 5 neck guitar. Tom, you want to play this for us at The Dog?

I especially liked all the theatres that had films playing of concerts and epic moments in Rock n' Roll.

 

 

Here's a Jimi Hendrix outfit

 

 

 

 

 

 

And several of Beyoncé's.

 

Ned did a recording with Graham Nash coaching him on two part harmony. They were singing "Teach Your Children Well."

At the end it gave you a percentage of how often you were in tune. No, I didn't attempt it. I sing with a lot of enthusiasm, but lack in pitch miserably.

The exhibit on Graham Nash also went into detail about the back stories of collaboration between so many brilliant artists. Enjoyed seeing his photographs too.

I got a kick out of all the anti-Rock n' Roll vintage film. "It's satan's music", "It's a communist plot!" My favorite was a bus tour, in the late 60's, of old ladies going thru The Haight. They were given a sheet of paper describing hippie lingo.

Ironically, my son now lives in The Haight. My how times have changed. Now I'm the old lady!

 

 

Alice Cooper's boots - so cool.

 

 

Ned was having way too much fun.

 

After spending over 3 hours in the museum we decided to enjoy the sunny warm day outdoors and headed for Cuyahoga National Park. It's only about 30 minutes away from the museum. Cuyahoga became a National Park in 2000. It's basically a bike rider's paradise. There's a canal tow path that you can ride for 20 miles in the park. It's part of the 120 mile bike ride from Erie to Akron.

 

The canal tow path follows the historic Ohio and Erie Canal route. We stopped at a lot of the old locks and had fun exploring them.

 

We're at the bottom of one of the locks looking up. Each stone was marked by the mason crew that cut it from the quarry.

 

 

In the last 4 days we've ridden 65 miles. This was by far my favorite ride. It was not only gorgeous in the trees and next to the river, but also had lots of historical things to see along the way. About half way thru the ride we stopped at a fruit stand in one of the towns.

 

 

They had these sweet swinging benches where you could just hang out. What a great place to stop and eat some cherries.

After a long day, we finally settled in at Findley State Park. We've left the mountains and rolling hills behind us. We are definitely in flat, farmland now.

 

 

 

 

 

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