Day 18 -- It's only Rock 'n' Roll

Well, we never made it to Progressive Field, even for a quick look. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was so incredibly interesting, it took longer than we had planned.

We had thought we could see it in three hours, and it was impossible. There was so much R & R history, that we could have easily spent the whole day. There were special exhibits about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, and the 50th anniversary of Motown. I highly recommend it to music fans, and there is something for every age. Six floors! So much to see (including Janis Joplin's Porsche, below), and so little time. So, we will have to save the baseball field pilgrimage for another day, and come back to Cleveland and do that and spend more time at the R & R HoF.

One slight problem; Because there are so many baby-boomers, many museums have raised the senior age to 65. That is not the problem. The deal is, Carl goes to the ticket booth and asks for two senior tickets, and they look at us, and NEVER QUESTION IT!!! I have over two years to go!! What to do? It’s a question of $$ vs. ego, and since we’re now, officially, old retired folks on a fixed income, I guess the $$ win. If my grandchildren are reading this (and if they are, they really are geniuses), do what Nana says, not what Nana does.

We had a slight change in plans. We found out that our belonging are not arriving until the 22nd, so we decided to take an extra day and visit Niagara Falls. It turned out that a Raddison in Niagara Falls, Ontario, was having an incredible Expedia special, so here we are. We arrived too late to do any actual sight-seeing, but now our road-trip is officially international. We had decided to bring our passports because we didn’t want to trust them to movers, and it gave us the flexibility to go to Canada. The town of Niagara Falls, Ont, seems to be Las Vegas-like, with a strip of high rise hotels, a casino, and LOTS of tourists. The desk person at the Radisson thought we were nice looking, I guess, because she upgraded us to a falls-view room. From our room, what we can see is spectacular, and I can’t wait to do a little more walking around tomorrow.

Because we are in Canada, we can’t use our iPhones without incurring huge roaming charges. It’s amazing how dependent we’ve become on instant internet at any time! Well, we’ll be back in the USA tomorrow.

• New out of state license plate seen: New Hampshire
• Days till we see Toby & Beruria: 3 (The only bad thing is that this number didn’t go down!)
• Days till we see Paige and Ashley: 18