Wha'd ya expect.. it's Cleveland!

What comes to mind when you think of Cleveland?

Go ahead, I'll wait..

[insert sounds of crickets chirping]

..Not much, right? Except for some really bad sports teams, the city does not evoke many powerful or memorable images. Back in the late 80's when I worked as a Loan Officer for the Ohio Department of Economic Development, I had the opportunity to visit Cleveland half a dozen times. As I reflect back on those days, two things come to mind (1) it was a city in decay and

(2) they rolled up the streets and turned out the lights at 5:00pm.

Returning almost thirty years later, I was quite interested to see if the city had transformed itself. ..Sadly, it had not, but more on that a later.

When we rolled into town, we chose to stay at Streetboro KOA, south east of the city.

I wish I had good things to say about this campground, but I don't. They put us in a really bad location (when better sites were available) and when it rained the water pooled around our RV.

Feeling like Noah stepping from his ark, we had to tread carefully while entering and exiting our RV. Even though we weren't far from the front office, nobody stopped by to offer assistance. If management had offered to bring us lumber or apologized for the inconvenience, we would have chalked this up to just bad luck (part of the experience of RVing), but no assistance was offered. And when we complained, management tried to wash their hands of responsibility by snidely replying "we cannot control the weather!" Um.. NO, but you can control the grading of your sites! To make matters worse, I was stung by a bee when I opened the electric panel! Seems they had also taken up residence at this location!

Given these issues, Lorraine and I give this campground two thumbs DOWN!

Now, onto Cleveland!

..The city OF ..the city of

um.. well, the birthplace of the term "Rock 'N' Roll".