Ohio

In the great state of Ohio for work. Always interesting to see another part of the country. It is interesting to pick up on the little things that make the region a bit different from home. Couple of things I've noticed...people are overweight and they smoke alot. When I mean alot it means almost like chain smoking. You just don't see that in Colorado. Other things of note: On Friday I was trying to find the Dan Patrick show on ESPN on AM. Go figure the ESPN station had Jim Rome on during the time spot (how is that if you are an ESPN station and you switch?...girrrr). Anyway in my effort to find anything resembling Dan I did come across like 9 Rush stations. Good golly I know Ohio is an important battleground state on all but do you really need 9 Rush stations? Frightening what 20 electoral college votes can do to a state.

Went into Cleveland today and went to the Rock and Roll Museum. Decent exhibits although not terribly well laid out. I prefer the EMP in Seattle. Interesting things of note is that famous people are alot smaller then what you think. They had U2 outfits and Bono is kind of tiny. Decent Doors exhibit. Hard to believe the Doors were only together from '67 to '71. Oh and by the way if Cleveland is the birthplace of rock and roll where are all the good radio stations? Ughhh, I've been driving around not listening to anything because the music is awful. Lake Erie is a big lake. Cleveland isn't a very exciting downtown. Drove around not much to see. Saw the Jake and the Q. LeBron has a huge Nike billboard in town saying, "We are all witnesses". Witness to what? Bad basketball? Missed seeing the Indians...oh well. Also if I'm from a town I probably don't want to live in a town when during traffic reports they talk about the "dead man's curve!"

Did find a nice running spot in the Cuyahuga Falls National Park. They have a 30 mile trail following the old Ohio and Erie canal from Akron to Cleveland. Ran in the rain today and it was a downpour. Of course driving back to the hotel it stopped! Only five more days and back to Colorado...the more you travel the more you like being at home!