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Heather by the fire
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David and Chris
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Our last day at Herrington Harbour South (HHS) was Sunday, October 4th. We really appreciated all the assistance we received from HHS' staff, particularly Amy, HHS' office manager and Tyler, the dockmaster. Herrington Harbour has been our favorite marina hands down.
We have not been watching sport, but the Ravens and Redskins were playing 😳 so Rob hung our House Divided flag. Lance and Nicole joined us and we had an absolutely beautiful 😍 day to move the boat to Herrington Harbour North after a short Bay cruise.
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| House divided |
The boat was scheduled to be hauled for soda blasting and new barrier coat and bottom paint. The time frame was two weeks. Osprey Marine was performing the work. Herrington hauled her out and had her blocked on Monday, October 5th.
Tuesday, we met Rob's parents (Richard and Jean) and Nick for lunch to celebrate dad's 80th birthday. We had planned to go back to Carson's Creekside, but Richard noticed they were closed on Tuesdays and we had to quickly come up with plan B. They were driving from PA and we were driving from North Beach. We chose Michael's Cafe in Timonium. They had really good cream of crab soup. We would definitely eat here again.
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Richard, Rob, & Jean
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Wellll (hands on hips), it turned out we had blisters on the bottom, which means we have a water penetration issue. To determine how much water damage, they needed to perform profile testing. Profile testing consists of grinding through each layer to determine the extent of water penetration. First the barrier coat, then gelcoat, then laminate down to the fiberglass.
Of course, the worst case scenario occurred and they have to remove the gelcoat and laminate and then rebuild before applying a barrier coat and bottom paint. The estimated timeframe for completion is the middle of November! And if you think it's time consuming, all that grinding, sanding, laminating and painting comes with a hefty price tag! We needed to prepare the boat to possibly be moved inside a bay which meant we needed to remove the canvas and lower the mast... again.
The Julian's have been gracious enough to let us stay with them since the boat has been hauled. We can't thank them enough for their hospitality. We were fortunate to be around to celebrate Nicole's birthday. We started the birthday celebration with cocktails at 1936. The new restaurant located in the Rod N Reel's parking garage.
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Rob, Sharon, Birthday girl Nicole, & Lance
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After cocktails we had homemade shrimp and steak fried rice cooked by Chef Lance, very yummy. Then we sang Happy Birthday and had homemade birthday cake with ice cream. The cake was made by baker Giovanna.
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Chef Lance
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Sharon, Lance, Gemma, Giovanna, Rosella, Nicole
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Birthday Cake made by Baker G
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In the meantime, Rob's son Nick was going to Owatonna, MN for eight months of training for his new job. We decided that since the boat was out of the water, we would ride with him part of the way. The decision we needed to make was: do we drive with him to Cleveland or to Chicago? We decided that since he was staying with a friend in Chicago and we had already been there twice, we would only go as far as Cleveland.
We left the Julian's Friday afternoon October 9th to go spend the evening with Brenda and Florian. We were meeting Nick on Saturday morning at 10:30. Staying at Brenda and Florian's allowed us to enjoy cocktails, sleep in a little later and have breakfast.
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Chocolate martini
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Saturday morning, October 10th, our road trip to Cleveland, OH began. We had gorgeous weather and the ride was delightful. It was nice to see all the changing leaves. It took us about five hours to arrive at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown. We had a room with 2 queen beds on the 24th floor which gave us an awesome view of Lake Erie and the city.
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| Our view |
The three us went exploring the downtown area and chose Johnny's Downtown, an Italian restaurant, for dinner. The three of us were not impressed with the service or the food.
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| Veal Parmesan |
The hotel 🏨 was directly across from FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Cleveland Browns. After dinner we went back to the hotel to have a cocktail at Bar 32, Hilton's rooftop bar. As we were on the elevator, there were a few very large young men who turned out to be Indianapolis Colts players. The Colts were staying in the hotel for the next day's game against the Browns.
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| Sharon & Nick |
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Rob is afraid of heights
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Sunday morning Nick left us to continue his journey to Chicago. We said our goodbyes and wished him well.
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Nick coming in for a hug
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| Dad & son goodbye hug |
We explored the city for the afternoon. We walked through Voinvitch Bicentennial Park, around FirstEnergy Stadium, and through the Flats. We watched a swing bridge open for the American Courage to pass through.
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Welcome to Cleveland
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FirstEnergy Stadium
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The Browns were playing a home game and it was exciting to see all the fans. The local bars were packed, especially outside. For dinner we chose a less happening restaurant called Lindey's Lake House Flats. When I say less happening, I just meant not a ton of people. The restaurant had garage doors so we felt like we were outside. The bar had sliding plexiglass dividers in between patrons for added safety. We enjoyed street corn (grilled corn off the cob, cotija cheese, chipotle and lime crema with parmesan crisps) and French onion soup with a brioche crouton.
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Random Browns fans
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Monday we had tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which I had purchased in advance. We had to arrive 1/2 hour before entrance time in order to have our temperature taken, the so-called new norm. The doors opened at 11, the staff controlled each person entering to ensure social distance.
There are seven levels and upon entering you are directed to the lower level. The lower level is the main exhibit hall. There were videos, posters, instruments, outfits; so much to see and listen to. We were able to learn about the roots of rock from Blues, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Gospel, and R & B. One section was dedicated to Elvis Presley.
We saw guitar after guitar 🎸 including Jimi Hendrix, Sheryl Crow, Van Halen, Keith Richards, and Joan Jett. We also got to see Paul Stanley's guitar that was made with cut pieces of mirrors that were inlaid by hand to reflect stage lighting to look like a disco ball.
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1967 Gibson Flying V used by Jimi Hendrix
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Used by Sheryl Crow
not Sharon Crow |
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| Eddie Van Halen |
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Keith Richards guitar
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1965 Epiphone Olympic Special
used by Joan Jett
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| Paul Stanley of Kiss 💋 |
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