Profootball and Rock n Roll Hall of Fames

We headed to Canton to see the Profootball Hall of Fame. They had the history of football with some equipment from the old days. We saw all the busts in the Hall of Fame, the Lombardi trophy and all the Superbowl rings. Becca’s favorite part was designing a superbowl ring in an interactive area. Jacob loved playing Madden football on the Xbox there, but his favorite part of the day was running on the football field. Faith enjoyed a funny video of clips from games. Rick learned how awesome the Dallas Cowboys are. Oh no, wait, he already knew that!

Old uniforms- I can only imagine how many people were injured with the lack of padding. Below the kids celebrate a win :)

The following day we headed to Cleveland for the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and museum. Cleveland is right on Lake Erie so it was nice to see all the water. The football stadium was right next door too. The museum took us through the past sixty years or so of rock and all the different artists and disk jockeys. One of our favorite spots was an interactive room with one hit wonders like Funkytown, 867-5309, Ring My Bell, and the kids favorite- Disco Duck. We watched a long video with clips of the 296 groups and individuals that have been inducted. It was a good video with a great soundtrack! In the video a negative letter from the Sex Pistols was displayed that the committee had received. We started thinking about artists that weren’t in the video so we looked up the nomination process online. The hall of fame has only been around since 1986 and there’s controversy about the selection process. Learning about the controversy cast a slight shadow on the day, but we still were able to see Lady Gaga's meat dress, guitars that were smashed by rock stars and listen to classics.

The kids walk down the red carpet. Rick and I with ZZTop's car.