Shortly after crossing into Ohio, we crossed the Toledo Skyway Bridge on I-280.
Looking down the Maumee River, we got another view of Toledo.
We traveled on I-80/I-90 for most of our journey today which was another toll road but had no problems. Unlike Michigan where we hardly ever saw a state trooper, it seemed like there were policeman or state troopers pulling over speeders about ever 25 miles or so.
We arrived at Cutty's Sunset Campground around 12:45 and got set up on our site fairly quickly.
After eating some lunch, we walked around the campground. Cutty's is a nice family campground with a lot of seasonal campers. With the weather being so nice, we sat outside for a little while in the evening and then watched some of the first games of the Little League World Series.
On Saturday morning, we drove to the Pro Football Hall of Fame a few miles away in Canton, Ohio.
The Hall of Fame has a lot of exhibits and shows a lot of the history of football and the beginnings of pro football. Below is some of the padding and head protection used in the early years.
And this is what happens to the guys who played pro football in the old days. These were some tough dudes!
Interestingly enough, helmets were not required until 1943! A statue of Jim Thorpe, one of the most popular players in the early days and one of the men who helped get pro football started is located in the center of the first floor exhibits.
On the 2nd floor, were exhibits from the 1950s forward when pro football really began to take off. While Chuck's favorite player of all time is Johnny Unitas who played with the Baltimore Colts,
my favorite player was Joe Montana of the San Francisco Forty-niners.
Of course, our favorite player nowadays is Peyton Manning.
The players are a lot bigger these days. This is me in a mold of the leg of Leonard Davis of the Dallas Cowboys. He was 6'6" and weighted 355 pounds. His nickname was "Big."
After walking through the 2nd floor exhibits, we entered the Hall of Fame where all the busts of the Hall of Fame recipients were located. Here's Johnny U:
They had a few interactive exhibits like where you could see what it was like to be in the referee's instant replay booth. You could also pick any of the Hall of Famers on a large computer screen and watch highlights from their career which was pretty cool. While the Hall of Fame could probably stand to be updated a lot more (like the new College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta), we really did enjoy it and think it was worth the money and time.
By the time we finished going through the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we were getting pretty hungry. We drove to a restaurant I had found on the internet called Thatsa Wrap located a few miles from the hall of fame.
They specialize in unusual wraps and salads.
I had the South by Southwest wrap and Chuck had the fish taco wrap both of which were very good.
It was the kind of restaurant we both thought would be very successful in downtown Decatur where Crystal and Grant live or in downtown Nashville near Vanderbilt.
After lunch, we drove back to the camper and took a little nap before watching more of the Little League World Series. Later that evening, we went for another walk around the campground right at sunset.
Cutty's Sunset Campground is very much a seasonal and family oriented campground. There were a lot of people outside around campfires or cruising around in their golf carts. We stopped at the little restaurant on the campground premises and we each ordered a "baby" cone of ice cream.
Yes, that is a "baby" cone of ice cream. We can't imagine how big a small, medium or large cone would be!
We got two "baby" cones of ice cream for a total of $2.50! The ice cream alone would be reason enough to visit Cutty's Sunset Campground again! :)
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