Cedar Point, Akron, and a Very Large Hangar

I made a stop in Akron, Ohio to see my friend Bill. Bill and I go back to by Albuquerque days…..He was always my go to guy: laundry, boy trouble, leaky faucet, boy trouble, moving things up or down the stairs, more boy trouble….guess some things never seem to change! We had a great time at Cedar Point riding roller coasters over and over again.....I had no idea they were so hard core! We arrived before they opened and were one of the last ones to leave (after the park had shut down, and they had to kick us out!). I was afraid they wouldn't let me stop for lunch!

One of the coolest sites in town was this HUGE hanger across the way. I was amazed! They use it to build blimps and secret spy stuff of course....what follows is a cut and paste off the Internet:

Big buildings are not unusual in Ohio, but Akron has a structure that makes "big" a bit of an understatement. In fact, when it was built, the Goodyear Airdock was the biggest building, without interior supports, in the world. It's vast. At its farthest points, it's 1,175 feet long, 325 feet wide, and 211 feet high. You could fit eight football fields inside with room to spare. The
structure is so big that a legend developed about rain falling inside it. That's exaggerated, though. In high humidity, the interior gets misty, but it hasn't actually rained.

Bill, thank you for your wonderful hospitality, encouragement, motivation and especially the friendship over the years!