On the east side of Monroeville, I turned off of US-20 on what I thought might lead to an area where I could photograph a dam on the Huron River's west branch. It didn't. I was about to turn around when I encountered this brick section and realized that it led back to Twenty. Its relationship with the current US-20 and the fact that it's named is Norwalk (the next town) Street are reasons to think it might have once been the US route. The stone honors the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Calvary which was organized here early in the Civil War.

Photographs are only permitted in the lobby area. "The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen" just opened the first of April. That's his Corvette under the Phish hotdog with a better look here. No photos beyond that doorway but man, what a cool place!

My planned route was neither intricate nor particularly obscure so I figured I was OK. I had followed US-20 into town and intended to follow US-6 out. Easy. Until I reached this intersection. I had anticipated a left turn so was originally in that lane. I had to follow through with the turn but was convinced that was wrong. I knew that Six & Twenty ran together somewhere but if this was it, the arrows should point the same way. Right? So I turned around, passed through the no-left-turn intersection, then turned around again in order to make a right turn onto what I thought was US-6. Not so. Before long I was lost on some winding residential streets and did what I should have done back in the Hall of Fame parking garage. I got out the laptop, hooked up its GPS, and found my way out of Cleveland.

I think the road east of Cleveland would have actually been somewhat pleasant if it hadn't been raining and I'd had the comfort of my Garmin. I managed but it was really rough. I have memories of traveling hundreds of miles without a GPS or a laptop or even a cell phone. I know I did it but it's sure hard to imagine. I must have been more reckless in my youth.