The heart of rock & roll is still beating...

...in Cleveland!

The Angles of Music are watching over me. Huey Lewis and the News had me dancing in the aisle, SIXTH ROW CENTER, sweating my ass off. And the best part was that it was FREE!!

After I signed off from my last update, I went over to the ticket window to buy me a ticket for the show when a family approached me asking me if I wanted a pair of tickets. They already had other tickets and didn't need the ones they had. I was ready to ask them how much they wanted for them when he just gave them to me. Holy Crap!!

I was walking back to my car to change my clothes and put on some deodorant when some guy asked me if I had extra tickets.

"As a matter of fact I do. Here you go. See you inside."

The venue's stage backs right up to the river with the Cleveland downtown skyline as it's backdrop. It was pretty small, about one third the size of the PNC Bank Arts Center in Homedel, NJ and not all the seats were filled, but Huey was on fire and was determined on getting every person in the crowd on their feet.

The most beautiful moment is when the sky darkened and the lights of city help light the stage.

I have had a fantastic day and I'm sorry to have to call it an end, but I'm sweaty and gross and I still don't have a place to sleep tonight. So I'll hop back in the car, head out of town and find somewhere to spend the night. Cleveland, you've shown me a wonderful time.

THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT!

Hello, Cleveland!!

Total miles: dont know yet.
States vistied: 2


Nothing is better than the taste of a cold beer in the summer sun on the banks of Lake Erie.

At the Ohio border I stopped to take a picture of the "Welcome to Ohio" sign. A biker had the same idea. He asked where I was going.

"Oh, around."

"Around??"

"You know, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis."

He seemed astonished.

I got into Cleveland around 2:30 and went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I didn't go into the museum because I was there in 2001, but I did stop in the gift shop to grab some things. From there I went to the Great Lakes Science Center which was really cool because I'm a science geek, but the most incredible exhibit was the Body World exhibit. It was plasticed bodies, skinned, disected and posed. But as gruesome and morbid as it all sounds, it was absolutely fantastic! I can't recommend enough.

There wasn't much else going on Downtown, maybe because it was Sunday, so I went to The Flats for dinner. The Flats is a converted industrial district which now has bars, restaurants and other various fun stuff. That's where I am now, drinking a beer and taking advantage of their wireless internet connection. Apparantly Hewey Lewis and the News is playing here tonight. Maybe I'll try and get some tickets.

Harrisburg, PA

Day Two.
Miles traveled: 177
States visited: 1

I spent the night just outside of Harrisburg, PA. It had been a long day and the train delays, the crowds and the heat had taken all the energy out of me.

I knew when I got into Amish country not by the signs or the scenery, but by the smell. Horse shit. Nothing but the smell of horse shit was in the air.

After a quick dinner at the Eat 'n Park, I got a room at the Holiday Inn which was fantastic for the wireless internet access and jaccuzi. It was just what my body needed after a crazy day.

I was finally able to see what was happening on the Live 8 stage from the tv and from the online replays. Damn, there were a lot of people there!

So now I have some breakfast in me and I'm ready to hit the road. This will be the first day of read driving. I have 6 hours to Cleveland.