Cleveland

We have been to Cleveland once before in college to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We found it much unchanged since the last visit. It was a very sunny afternoon at “the Jake” (Jacobs Field). We had seats that were behind home plate but in the upper decks but still had a pretty good view of the game. Unfortunately, the Indians were playing the Royals and the Royals are about as stinky a team as you can imagine right now; particularly the poor pitcher who found himself on the mound that day.

After the we had been through the batting order once and there were still no outs, we were already scheming about when to leave the game. Eleven runs scored that inning and the pitcher was replaced after making only one out. It was a sad sad sad display and Tom declared that even he was bored at a baseball game – I am sure that will never happen again on this or any other trip.

As we were on our way to Kentucky which is about a 6 hour drive, we departed after the 2nd inning and made our way to Bloomfield to visit with the Walkers’. For those of you who don’t know, the Walkers’ are close friends of the family that we met when my dad was in divinity school and had a job in a small town called Bloomfield, KY. They are close to my parents’ age and have two kids that are close in age to Nick and Shauna. When I went back to college in Lexington, they served as my surrogate parents having me home for weekends and holidays that I could not make the long trip home!

We had a very nice visit with them and then went on to Louisville to visit with another friend from college, Theresa and her husband Ben who was also a good friend in college. They have and almost one year old, Noah. Although the weather was still a little warm, we had a nice visit to the zoo and it was nice to catch up and see Noah again, the last time he was just a couple of months old.