We built this country on . . . -- March 24th -- Day 12

My theory that Ohio was windy because of the flat terrain was reinforced in spades by the cold wind blowing off Lake Erie on Sunday morning as we made our way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Cleveland's lake shore. The hall/museum is housed in a striking new building (pictured on the right) and includes an extensive collection of memorabilia of all sorts, including costumes, instruments, programs, posters and many other items. There's a film at the beginning outlining the development of rock and roll from its early roots, and I observed to Max that we were probably the only people in the place who actually remembered most of the events and entertainers mentioned or depicted in the film. We spent about an hour and a half there, then again loaded our car and continued east along Lake Erie toward Buffalo, New York to visit Max's girlhood friend Suzie Neubecker and her husband Bob (they are also in our wedding pictures as they had made the shorter trek across the north side of Lake Erie to Ann Arbor for our wedding). They are gracious hosts, even to the extent of letting us take over the TV for the Duke vs. Creighton game that was scheduled at the ridiculously late hour of 9:40 p.m. Sunday evening. During dinner and breaks in the game Max and Suzie had a great time reminiscing about the good old days in Troy, as well as catching up on friends and acquaintances and our respective families. As most of you know, Max treats each Duke basketball game as though it were a life-or-death matter, but in this instance the outcome would have a direct and immediate impact on us personally. If they won, we would head to Indianapolis in accord with our (revised) plan; if not, we would have to revise our plans once again and try to salvage some of what we paid for the Indianapolis tickets. As it happened, Duke won, although again not easily, 66-50 so we next head to Indianapolis.