Day 2 2001.11.27
As we got under way and were heading for our destination for the day (The Polka Hall of Fame) we passed the Zippo lighter museum turn-off. How could we not?
The Zippo lighter light
Inside was much little-known trivia about the Zippo lighter, including stories of lighters found in fish and bear that still lit at the first strike.
Also there were the lighters that didn't light at the first strike...
And so we entered into Ohio. The
Visitors Center on the interstate was a wonder. As you enter there was a stout round tower that looked like either a flight controller tower for pilots who are afraid of heights or a prison tower for jailed midgets. (Did not take picture for
fear of incarceration...)
Then there was the DOT memorial sculpture.
Had I stumbled onto Pearl Harbor, OH?
The Visitors' Bunker ...er... I mean Center
Among the things we found were info on tomorrow's goal, the Merry-Go-Round Museum, and also coupons for motels at less than $40 a night for up to 4 people. No machine-gun nests here.
On our way to the next attraction, we wonder if the Euclid Avenue exit will, in fact, take us to Euclid, home of the polka folks. Taking the exit leads us to
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Cleveland-Style polka is, it seems, different from your run of the mill oom-pah-pah polka. More jazz like to my ear. pleasant enough, but we didn't stop at the gift shop. (The next classroom over -- it is in an old school turned art/community center just outside the city.)
We learned the important fact that "Wierd" Al Yankovic is no relation to Cleveland-Style great Frank Yankovic. Another bit of trivia:
Then on to Sandusky, OH to sleep for the night, while I wondered why the heck Sandusky sounded so familiar.
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