Cleveland Rocks

This morning we were all up bright and early for our trip to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.  I had wanted to get my parents to Cleveland since the first time I had visited the Hall and was glad that it worked out for them to go with Cameron, Doug and I.  It was officially their anniversary and Grandpa's birthday gift.

We left at 7:30 so that we could be in Cleveland by 11 a.m.  The trip was pretty uneventful.  We filled it by playing some of our favorite songs over the years.  We stopped first to eat lunch in their food court before heading downstairs to the main exhibits.  The entrance had changed somewhat since we had visited last, but still the main exhibits that we enjoyed including the early influence songs to listen to through headphones.  The next area was my Mom's favorite - Elvis over the years.  She watched the entire video presentation reminiscing about the concert that she saw with Dad many years ago.

 


We walked through the rest of the main level with Doug enjoying the Rolling Stones era, my Dad gravitating toward the early days of Rock, Cam checking out the costumes and I marveling at the different types music that each decade brought.  We all watched the Dick Clark American Bandstand clips in a small theater.  It was a lot of fun remembering all of the artists that he had showcased.

We spent almost two hours on the main level enjoying the vast amount of information and memorabilia on display before heading upstairs.  The exhibits on the next five levels were smaller in size, but just as fun to look through.  The highlights for us were the exhibits on the new inductees including Def Leppard, The Cure and Janet Jackson.  We perused the lists of inductees over the years while listening to their individual ceremonies.  The last area was Cameron's favorite as it displayed individual instruments used by famous artists over the years.  He even noticed that Keith Richards had one that he had taken back to use on tour.  His overall favorite was one from The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

We left Cleveland around 4 p.m. happy with our day.  We listened to more music on the way home including songs from Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Del Shannon.  We stopped at Mad Anthony's in Angola for dinner glad for a break from the drive.  Today was a lot of fun and we were glad to have spent the day sharing our love of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with my parents.