Catching Up on The Last Few Days...

So, these last couple days have been a whirlwind so we've got some catching up to do. We left off in Toledo, so after the game there we tried to figure out where we could stay in the cleveland area since we were homeless there. We had plans of going to Sandusky, Ohio to the Cedar Point Amusement park, buttt unfortunately the rain had other ideas. So, we looked around for some campgrounds and found this place called Camp Wa-hoo just outside of Cleveland. It sounded like a good spot so we decided to head there. I guess names can be very deceiving. We pulled into the place and it looked like something between The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and American Psycho.

So, we decided to try to find something else. We drove past a motel, and we were both pretty drained, and it was only $30 a night so it sounded like a good idea at the time. We now call this place the "Motel of Death". Probably the worst place either of us have ever stayed. We gutted it out for one night...luckily the Sox Yanks game was on to distract us. This place was really, really bad. We walked in and there was a cigarette butt on the table, and we had some very strange characters for neighbors, including two guys that seemed to get in a fight as we heard some hollering downstairs.

Suffice it to say we were ready to leave this place, so we decided to take the hit and stay in a Comfort Inn a few blocks from the Indians Stadium, Progressive Field (formerly Jacob's Field). We got there the day before the game so we had some time to kick it around the city. We had a six pack the night before from the Great Lakes Brewery, and found out their brewery was actually in Cleveland a couple miles from the hotel. So, we headed over there and had a sampler of their brews on tap. I was highly impressed. Very good brews, ranging from a pilsner to a 9.0% IPA. We starting chatting with Doug Paige, a very nice guy who was sitting next to us at the bar, telling him about our trip and chatting about his work and our school and what not. He was there to meet with the owner of the Bar, so we were able to meet him as well and he treated us to a beer (thanks very much for that Dan!).

We had tried doing a brewery tour earlier in the night, but couldn't do that because there was and Entrepreneurs for Sustainability event going on later that evening. Luckily, Doug was going to that himself so he invited us to go as well. It was an interesting event as we heard from a few different companies (Energizer, the Great Lakes Brewery, and a local potato chip manufacturer) about the steps they were taking to become more sustainable. From an engineer's viewpoint, I would have liked to hear more hard numbers about energy savings and what not from some of the speakers, but all in all it was a good event. After that, we were in much need for some dinner (that 9.0% IPA will get ya), so we found a local and delicious burrito place across the street. We got to meet the owner and tell him a little bit about our trip. After that, we finished off the night out a bar called the Bier Market and then stumbled our way back to the hotel after a long day and night.