The House that Rock Built

Travis and I celebrated his high school graduation during the first weekend in October. We spent two nights in a four star hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. It was good that we didn't go to spend the day swimming in Lake Erie or something like that. It rained the entire time. It rained the whole 400 mile drive out. It rained the entire stay there, and it rained the entire drive back.

All day Saturday we visited the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Bruce Springsteen was the featured exhibit, but there were four or five floors of memorabilia from before rock and roll was called rock and roll on up to present day artists. Throughout the day in the lobby there were bands warming up that were to be competing that evening in a battle of the bands. Most of them were pretty good. It was a lot of fun. We tried to find an "in" for the private party that night when they would be competing, but no go.

Saturday night we went to the Beachland Ballroom up the coast of Lake Erie from downtown Cleveland. We saw three bands that night; Arrogant Rex, Bazooka Jones and the 70's rock band Starz. The first and last bands were pretty good. The lead guitarist for Bazooka Jones was really pretty good, but we didn't care for the band as a whole. Travis got to meet most of the members of all the bands. They were all very nice to him and excited that he enjoyed the show so much...and he did.

After getting in late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, we got a little sleep and headed southwest of the city to attend our sister church in Cleveland, Soveriegn Grace Church. The folks there were very nice. We regretted that we had to leave so quickly after the meeting, but we did have 400 miles to cover to get home.