November 18-20, 2002 Vacation to Cleveland/Kirtland/Mentor, Ohio

Thursday, June 12, 2003

1:13 PM	Left Home Andrew was fussy Andrea indicated she wanted her name recorded as Andi in the log
1:29 PM	We've been in the car for 16 minutes and it feels like an eternity!
1:33 PM	Andrew fell asleep
1:36 PM	Odometer wasn't reset. This will result in an accurate odometer reading
1:39 PM	Reached the US-Canada border
1:54 PM	Driving away in the USA
2:25 PM	Passed giant Indian Man statue in NY somewhere
2:27 PM	Andrew wakes up briefly and smiles/claps to Bust-a-Move by Young MC. Hilarious!
2:59 PM	Reaced the PA-NY border
3:10 PM	Stopped in PA for bathroom and snack break
3:45 PM	Reached the OH-PA border
4:15 PM	Saw a deer along the side of the highway (it was alive, not roadkill)
4:35 PM	Checked in at the hotel
4:45 PM	In hotel room
5:15 PM	Left for Kirtland/Mentor
5:30 PM	Arrived in Kirtland/Mentor
5:40 PM	Drove by sites, temple, store, etc.
6:00 PM	Went to Ponderosa for dinner
6:59 PM	Left Ponderosa
7:05 PM	Went to the Great Lakes Mall
8:15 PM	Headed back to hotel
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Went swimming Andrew did not enjoy himself. Screamed almost the whole time
9:40 PM	Went to the arcade Andi and Graham fished some coins out of a jammed machine and made 75 cents Julia somehow lost $1.00 in other machines Graham had his highest score ever on Pac-Man! 66,340
10:40 PM	Watched Naked Gun on TV and fell asleep

Friday, June 13, 2003

6:00 AM	Graham woke up and went for a walk Read the paper in the Park Atrium
6:30 AM	Lisa woke up
7:30 AM	Andew woke up. As a result, so did Julia and Andi The women complained about how cold the room was. Wimps!
9:00 AM	Went swimming and used exercise room Got ready to go out
11:00 AM	Left for Kirtland
11:18 AM	Arrived at Historic Kirtland
2:00 PM	Left Historic Kirtland
2:05 PM	Lunch at Chapin Forest/Stannard Quary
3:00 PM	Went on tour of Kirtland Temple
4:00 PM	Went on tour of Morely Farm
4:30 PM	Headed to John Johnson Farm Graham got lost On our way, we drove by Mike's Wienery (pic 1, pic 2)
5:45 PM	Arrived at John Johnson Farm
6:45 PM	Headed back to Kirtland We all shared our favourite part of Church sites Graham loved the video at visitors centre. We learned about the Whitney family and their commitment to the Prophet Andi thought it was neat that these sites were where God, Jesus and the early Apostles were. Julie loved the John Johnson Farm Lisa also liked the video and learning about the sacrifice of early Saints
7:23 PM	Stopped for dinner at Burger King and Taco Bell Everyone hated their meals except for Graham
8:00 PM	Went swimming Andrew was better, but still cried a lot
10:00 PM	Went out to McDonald's and convenience store
10:30 PM	Watched TV and went to sleep

Saturday, June 14, 2003

6:00 AM	Graham woke up
7:00 AM	Everyone else got up
7:15 AM	Went to breakfast buffet at 7:15, but were devastated to find out there was no buffet on Saturday Went to breakfast at the Sidewalk Café. It was excellent
9:00 AM	Went swimming Played games at the arcade Graham got a new high score on Pac-Man! 102,230
11:15 AM	Packed up and checked out On our way to Cleveland
11:30 AM	Arrived in Cleveland
11:38 AM	Saw a sign for the Gas House (pic 1, pic 2) Andi and Julia got a big kick out of their slogan: "Lifestyle elegance with Gas"
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM	At the Great Lakes Science Centre Andi, Julia and Graham saw the OMNIMAX movie Space Station
5:10 PM	Got lost again. This time it was Lisa getting lost in Cleveland
5:40 PM	Arrived in Mentor. Lisa went to Jo-Ann Etc. Andi went to Great Lakes Mall to buy a window cling
6:50 PM	Arrived at Chi Chi's for dinner
8:00 PM	Left Chi Chi's
8:11 PM	On I90 going home
8:52 PM	Reached OH/PA state line
9:30 PM	Reached PA/NY state line
10:30 PM	Arrived in Buffalo
10:40 PM	Reached the Peace Bridge
11:06 PM	Got off the QEW at Niagara Street

License Plates

We saw the following plates: