Back in March, I committed to attending the New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival with my friend, Jason Schoolcraft. I really wanted to see Peter Criss, the original drummer from the rock band KISS, and with Jason in Rhode Island and me in Chicago, it seemed like a great opportunity to meet up. In the interim, I had to decide whether I was willing to make the full 14-hour trip in one day or stop somewhere and spend the night. I decided to turn this into a mini vacation and take my new car on its maiden road trip. I’m definitely a road-tripping, roadside America kind of guy, but my old Toyota just couldn’t cut it anymore. In March, I gave my son my old red RAV4 and bought myself a new Hybrid model. Satisfying my wanderlust was long overdue, and after some research, I settled on Cleveland, Ohio, as my midway destination. Although I’ve been to Cleveland before and have seen its zoo, the Christmas Story House, dined on its famous pierogies, and visited the childhood home of Joe Siegel, the co-creator of Superman, there were still plenty of other things I wanted to see, most notably the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. I made plans to leave on Wednesday, May 27th, and spend two nights in Cleveland before meeting up with Jason at the Con on Friday. It would prove to be one of the best decisions I’d ever made.