Mini vacation starting today with son. In place of the national parks trip. Pro Football Hall today and then Rock and Roll Hall tomorrow (my second time for that this summer!). On to Windsor/Detroit after that. Hope to take in the Tigers/Sawx game Friday night.
We spent an afternoon last week at the Pro Football HOF in Canton. Well worth it. I had forgotten all about the Frankfort Yellowjackets who played in my old Philly hood--before my time but Mitlen and some others probably saw them play. I had forgotten how many great players had played for the Eagles in their last year or so and well past their prime. Such as Richard Dent and James Lofton. Son did not know Sonny Jurgenson had played for Philly; I did not recall seeing him play but told him all about the trade and Norm Snead. Snead was a decent QB and played a long time but he was no Sonny. The highlight for me was the Road to the Super Bowl film--highlighted the 2017 season and playoffs and then extensive highlights from the Super Bowl--skippy, JCA and some others would have enjoyed it greatly as I know I did. I purchased tickets on line for the Football and Rock and Roll Halls which saved a few bucks.
Second trip to the Rock and Roll was fun and had a chance to read up on some of the displays I did not the first time around. Nuff said about Rock and Roll for today.
We drove by Sandusky Ohio on the way to Detroit. Not sure how the beaches were there but the Cedar Point amusement park is there for those of you who have youngins. My 30 year old son told me he now gets sick on any amusement park rides--which I do also. I hope he appreciates all the rides I went on with him when he was young despite my motion sickness--luckily I never threw up although some ride at the Prince William County Fair one year almost did the trick.
We stayed overnight in Toledo--have a friend who lives there part of the year but he was out of town. Hope to meet up with him later in August. The Mud Hens were in town but we checked in late so no Triple A game.
Next day we went to the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation--I got the senior rate even though I am not yet 62--never hurts to ask for a discount. Museum was an interesting place for the cars of course and Ford history but also other memorabilia on various topics. They had some old locomotives. also aircraft and the original Rosa Parks bus. We didn't go to any of the other tours at the complex as we wanted to move on to Detroit that afternoon. There is a factory tour where they build F-150 trucks--would like to do that or some equivalent tour some day.
In Detroit, we parked at the Greektown Casino (free parking) and had lunch there. Some good Greek food as you would expect on the one block that makes up Greektown. A Five Guys and a Cold Stone Creamery has also snuck in the block--progress. Strolled down to the GM Center and walked through there and the Waterfront. Weather was really great most of the week--high 70s and low 80s and sunny--can;t beat that. We stayed in Windsor--a bit cheaper. Walked around Casears Casino some. Not much else to see in Windsor itself.
Next day we headed to Point Pelee National Park on Lake Erie in Ottawa. A small park. Apparently a mecca for the birders and the Monarch butterflies also migrate through there at some time of the year. On the marsh walk we saw red breasted blackbirds (noisy) and marsh wrens. I know we saw many other birds but have no idea what they were. There are red headed woodpeckers there but did not see or hear any. Also bald eagles but did not see them either. There is a ferry boat to Pelee Island that is supposed to be nice but the weather started to get bad so we headed back to Windsor after the morning. Stopped and had some fresh perch for lunch--perch is really bland. Or at least what we had.
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/peleeI will update for the Tigers game in the Out of Town Ball parks thread.
All in all a good trip--weather was great for this time of year. That usually does not happen on my vacations.
