Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Well we made it to Cleveland and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Tuesday.  It was well worth the trip even on a very cold, rainy and windy day.  The best description of the place in my opinion would be "sensory overload" - both visual and auditory.  There was so much to see and there was a constant background of music in multiple genres playing at the same time.  After three hours we both had the sense of let us out of here, but, as soon as we left we worried that we missed something and thought maybe we should go back in and see some more.  We would definitely come back again. 

The pictures below represent just a small portion of what is there.

Front Of The Museum

Front Of The Museum

Historical marker next to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Hank Williams (Sr.) suit and jacket

Muddy Waters' Guitar

 Elvis' Custom Motorcycle

Elvis' Custom Double 6 String Gibson Guitar

The Animals' drum kit

ZZ Top's fur covered drum kit and florescent guitars

Beach Boys display

Michael Jackson display

Recovered parts of  Otis Redding's plane in which he died

Hand written lyrics by Joni Mitchell

Johnny Cash's desk, guitars, and  and other personal belongings

Chuck Berry display

Lady Gaga chrome ring outfit

Jimi Hendrix guitars and jackets

Jimi Hendrix guitars

Ringo's drum kit

Mick Jagger outfits

Lennon jacket and McCartney suit - Lennon's guitar

Lennon's guitar

Ringo's jacket

Lennon's spectacles

Cleveland skyline from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

USS Cod - WWII fleet submarine on display next to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Blue Angels' F4 Phantom jet on display near the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Thunderbirds' F4 Phantom jet 

Country Acres Campground - Ravenna, OH

Sunday we left Leith Run Campground and traveled to Country Acres Campground in Ravenna, Ohio.  We chose this location because we wanted to visit the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and this location was convenient to Cleveland without being in the city or its suburbs - it is about 45 minutes outside of Cleveland.  The campground is not bad - we probably saw it at its worst as there has been an abundance of rain and there is a lot of mud and puddles but otherwise it is not a bad place.  They have a catch and release fishing pond where I have so far caught a couple fairly good sized bass.

Our Campsite

 The fishing pond

The pond

Misc view 

The dog park 

Misc. View

Misc View

On The Banks Of The Oh Hi Yo

Tuesday was a travel day - we moved from  Twin Knobs Campground  in the Daniel Boone National Forest To Leith Run Campground in the Wayne National Forest.  This is a very nice campground right on the Ohio River - we are between New Matamoras, OH and Newport, OH.  

Our Campsite

Complete with an engraved fire pit

One of the many nice walkways and paths leading to one of several gazebos and decks on the river

View of campground - our 5th wheel is in center of image

Another view - our 5th wheel in center - river in background

Ohio River looking South

Ohio River looking North

There are a lot of old oil rigs in the National Forest - I did some research and found out they have a lottery system (may be more like an auction) to allow drilling in selected areas of the forest.  It is just strange to be hiking a couple miles in the woods and run across an oil rig.  

Old Oil Rig Near Campground

Homemade Oil Rig Near Campground

We went hiking Wednesday and ended up going 9.5 miles and fairly steep and rugged terrain - info on the trail was scarce - we had no idea it would be so long - needless to say we were exhausted when we got back.

All that remains of an old homestead about 3 miles out in the woods 

Blue Eyed Mary

The forest floor was carpet in all directions with Blue Eyed Marys for about a mile along the hiking trail

Northern Ring Necked Snake - a common snake in Eastern OH but rarely seen as it generally hides under rocks and trees deep in the forest - this one was about a foot long - they run about 10" to 15" and are totally harmless

Some wild flowers from the hiking trail

Trumpet Flower

Wild Geranium

Violet Wood Sorrel

Royal Catchfly

White Trillium

Virginia Day Flower

Bear Corn - Squaw Root