The morning began at 7:30, breakfast and on our bikes headed to Cleveland. My great friend, Deb Milano was very excited for this ride as the route goes directly by her home in Rocky River, OH. Three of her friends from home spent the night in Huron so they could ride in with she and Sue Wright, also from the same town. It was quite humid and a bit drizzly. We got on the road about 8:00. We had several stops along the way and road right along Lake Erie. We stopped and saw 2 cottages Milano use to own in a quaint little settlement. Once on the road her friend got a flat, we changed it. As we got into some more quaint towns,we stopped at their favorite candy store, Brummers and sampled some of the candy. After all our dilly dallying, we kicked it into high gear, and hauled ass into Rocky River. We were greeted at the local park by the local newspaper reporter, who interviewed Deb, and took photos of all of us. It was very exciting! We then rode onto Milano's house--just beautigul, on Lake Erie, where her husband, Jay, and beautiful daughter, Jessica, and schnauzer, Lilly anxiously awaited us. They were so happy to see Deb, and I guess, the other 26 of us! After posing for more photos for the paper, we jumped back on our bikes, and once at the end of Milano's drive way a police escort escorted us in on our bikes to the Cleveland Yacht Club where Deb & Sue's families and friends put on a wonderful cook out for us! Once we entered about 75 of them applauded us all! It was very touching! A truly wonderful day. We ate, hotdogs, burgers, mac salad, etc... just delicious! (oh, I had 2 slices of red velvet cake!) and then it was back on our bikes for the last 10 miles into Cleveland. The riding into Cleveland was busy, and typical urban riding. I was glad to get to the hotel, The Double Tree, right here in the city. Cleveland is a very nice city, and today, I toured the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on our off day. Tomorrow, we ride onto Austinburg, OH 57 miles.
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