2014 Norwalk, Ohio drag strip!

This is video we found that someone posted at the race.  We should have taken the camera, but we made it halfway to Norwalk before we realized we'd forgotten it.  Anyway, it gives an idea of some of what we saw Yesterday.

Dragrace At Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, Ohio

Never been to a Dragrace before....this was incredible.  Lungs rattling in our ribcage...... we came prepared with earplugs, but still couldn't believe the noise!  Saw some incredibly fast dragsters, topping out at 254 mph was one of the runs we saw.... blowing by in a roar that was something you're gonna feel.....when you hear it.  Drag bikes, drag snowmobiles, and a full sized international big rig, w/ an f-4 Phantom Jet engine throwing so much flamage out of the back, it nearly caught the billboard on fire on takeoff!!!!!  A really cool experience!

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina

Not far from where Bridget was raised...

we used to hike around this mountain a lot when we were younger...

This shot was taken with a timer on a tripod

had to push the button, run up the trail, hop out on the rock, sit down, and hope it took.  

Many moons ago.

Cleveland's West Side Market

So we went Saturday to finish off the portion of the Cleveland Museum of Art....(we had missed the contemporary section, hard to see it all in one day, and still haven't seen the photography section).  We stopped by the famous West Side Market and we were blown away by all the cool things in there, you can find duck, fish heads, frog legs, leg of lamb, meat pies, goat, unbelievable fresh beef, all kinds of baked goods, great fresh fruits and veggies of all makes and models, really good olives (we bought the ones with Parmesan squares stuffed in them.....  $12 a pound!, but they are really goooood!)  We waited in line for about an hour to get one of Steve's Gyros, which were featured on the Food Network, Man Vs. Food, and Best Things I've Ever Ate...  We see why now, would wait twice as long next time.  This place is incredible.  A few suggestions....next time we go, will be a weekday instead of the weekend, the place was jam packed.  Next time we will bring more money, and next time we will come very hungry!  It's probably the best place we've been in Cleveland so far.

Kalahari

With 4 hours of paid time off every two weeks, (and we went several months without using it) took another day off today and we went to Kalahari Indoor Waterpark in Sandusky and spent the day!  This place is pretty cool, there was snow on the ground outside and 18 degrees, and we were running around in shorts soaking wet.  Even laid out in the sun!

Wave pool, lazy river, indoor/outdoor hot tub, ( that was really nice outside with the snow) and all kinds of cool water slides.  

....and they had these two really cool slides pictured below, and we even talked Budge into going down the blue one.  Pretty big thrill, those things are awesome!

Lotsa fun had by all....

and I have a feeling we're gonna smell like Chlorine for days.

stock photos

Another Shot From Cleveland

Cold Day In Cleveland

So I took a day off today and we went to Cleveland to the Natural History Museum where most of our pictures of the dinosaurs and stuff turned out blurry.   

They had this really cool rocks and gems section that had some beautiful stuff

There was a cool butterfly collection

and we saw the Beatles

not all were insects

then we went next door to the Cleveland Museum of Art

....all kinds of cool art

this stuff is pretty old

Some cool stained glass

Strange bearded man (very old)

really old Greek and Roman helmets (500 BC)

Egyptian stuff that was even older

Old bearded mask that had an uncanny resemblance

a whole room full of armor and swords, chain mail, and crossbows

this place just kept going and going  

Tiffany stained glass, lamps, and such

These really cool dragon looking things

Max and Noah with moves like Buddha

really old wooden carvings

a whole Modern art section 

....oh....and these cool stained glass looking things.....

upon closer inspection, they are made entirely of butterfly wings!!!!

The artist was a butterfly breeder with some serious talent.

This is definitely gonna be a place we revisit!  The place was too big to see in one run.  

Thousands of incredible things to see.... we had a fun day!