Niagara Falls to Cleveland

Hello from Cleveland, Ohio! We started today with a spectacular, and drenching, boat trip on the Maid of the Mist into Niagara Falls (don't worry, they gave us ponchos). Quite amazing! Just fyi, "Niagara" means "a split in the flat land." And to give you some perspective, 750,000 gallons of water fall per second from the Falls! So, needless to say, we enjoyed our experience there. We embarked west in Red Pepper from New York through Pennyslvania to Ohio. The route took us all along Lake Erie. The scenery has changed a bit from huge, green, lush trees lining the roads to green plains with a few trees. When we arrived in Cleveland, we found an interesting Bar & Grill that would be packed if there were an Indians or Cavaliers game, but tonight was rather empty. We did get a little taste of Cleveland - my sandwich had french fries and cole slaw on it! We walked by the Quicken Loans Arena so Ryan could get a picture with Lebron James. After that we headed to see the movie The A-Team. When buying our movie tickets, I asked for two tickets. The clerk rang it up at $10, and both Ryan and I thought she misunderstood and said, "No, we need two tickets." And she said, "That is for two tickets. It's 5 dollar Monday." To which Ryan responded, "Oh wow, we're from California. That's cheap!" Haha! A-Team's a good movie by the way. We finished the night with some ice cream from Scoops, a local ice cream shop. And just in case you're interested, we saw a billboard for The 7th Annual Duct Tape Festival here in Cleveland on June 18th! We like Cleveland - it's a quaint and interesting city!