# Cleveland/Northeast Ohio Dopefest: Saturday, June 3 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290 "2006-05-03T20:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/1 "2006-05-03T20:36:28Z")
As discussed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7313877), the 2006 Burning River Dopefest is going to be held in my backyard in South Euclid, Ohio (east suburban Cleveland, near Notre Dame College) at 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 3, starting at 5:00 PM. I’ll have the grill fired up, hot dogs and hamburgers ready for human consumption, tens of varieties of microbrewed beer and real ales in the fridge, and pop for the teetotalers. Later on, a bonfire in the woods beyond the back yard. (It’s still my property, so we’re legal.) Bring your wireless-enabled laptops. If you’re interested, send me an email for directions and more details. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/2 "2006-05-03T21:22:12Z")
I’m still planning on attending. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/3 "2006-05-03T21:35:09Z")
Hm. I may be in Detroit at that time. How far of a drive would it be? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/4 "2006-05-03T21:41:36Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > Hm. I may be in Detroit at that time. How far of a drive would it be? According to a basic Detroit to Cleveland search on Mapquest, right around 3 hours. I’m tentative - the summer weekend schedule isn’t set yet. I should know in the next week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/5 "2006-05-03T22:01:41Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > According to a basic Detroit to Cleveland search on Mapquest, right around 3 hours. > I’m tentative - the summer weekend schedule isn’t set yet. I should know in the next week or so. Yeah, I’m an idiot. I could/should have looked it up. It was half laziness, half wanting personal anecdotes about how long it REALLY takes or if there are construction delays. Bad Trevor. BAD TREVOR! BAD! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/6 "2006-05-03T22:05:20Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > Yeah, I’m an idiot. I could/should have looked it up. It was half laziness, half wanting personal anecdotes about how long it REALLY takes or if there are construction delays. Nah, it’s just my reference librarian nature, tied in with the competitive nature - I see a question and part of me says “must answer immediately, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE CAN!!!” ok, I should have had less caffeine today. Now back to the regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/7 "2006-05-03T22:10:50Z")
Is that so? Well then…I _DO_ wonder what the state flower of Ohio is… And I’ve just been _DYING_ to know what the governmor of the state of Ohio’s name is… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/8 "2006-05-03T22:11:58Z")
gover **n** or. Bad Trevor! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/9 "2006-05-03T22:21:23Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > And I’ve just been _DYING_ to know what the governmor of the state of Ohio’s name is… For the last 8 years, so have we. 3 hours is about right for Detroit to Cleveland–depending on where in Detroit and where in Cleveland. It also depends on how the traffic is through the I-280 corridor in Toledo (where they are (re)building a bridge and freeway from scratch) or what sort of issues you may find on the freeways around Detroit or Cleveland. [Michigan Highway Projects](http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11008---,00.html) [Michigan Weather and Highway Problem links](http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1586_3491-18077--,00.html) [Ohio Construction and Traffic links](http://www.dot.state.oh.us/COND.HTM) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/10 "2006-05-03T22:36:43Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > For the last 8 years, so have we. > > 3 hours is about right for Detroit to Cleveland–depending on where in Detroit and where in Cleveland. > > It also depends on how the traffic is through the I-280 corridor in Toledo (where they are (re)building a bridge and freeway from scratch) or what sort of issues you may find on the freeways around Detroit or Cleveland. > > [Michigan Highway Projects](http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11008---,00.html) > [Michigan Weather and Highway Problem links](http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1586_3491-18077--,00.html) > > [Ohio Construction and Traffic links](http://www.dot.state.oh.us/COND.HTM) Muchos gracias, amigo. You beat the research librarian, I’m impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/11 "2006-05-03T23:17:56Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > Muchos gracias, amigo. You beat the research librarian, I’m impressed. That’s because the librarian is at work and has to occasionally answer reference questions, particularly in this, the last week of classes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/12 "2006-05-15T02:36:24Z")
Wow! Three weeks from yesterday. I’ll be there. Hopefully this rain that we’ve got right now and all next week will be over. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/13 "2006-05-15T19:46:38Z")
Still planning to come, and looking forward to it - thanks, **elmwood**! And the not-so-Honorable Bob Taft is, alas, still Governor of Ohio: [http://governor.ohio.gov/section2-1.htm](http://governor.ohio.gov/section2-1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/14 "2006-05-15T19:49:12Z")
…while the state flower is the scarlet carnation: > **[Ohio State Flower](https://www.50states.com/flower/ohio.htm)** > > Ohio State Flower large size graphic image and history. And I’m not even a research librarian! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/15 "2006-05-17T15:56:27Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It also depends on how the traffic is through the I-280 corridor in Toledo (where they are (re)building a bridge and freeway from scratch) or what sort of issues you may find on the freeways around Detroit or Cleveland. Forget that. I-280 is entirely closed over the Maumee River and will be until early fall. **Least Original User Name Ever** should take I-75 south out of Detroit (where construction delays should be minimal on a Saturday) to the I-80/90 turnpike just south of Toledo. East on the turnpike towards Cleveland. I don’t think there are any significant construction projects on the turnpike between here and Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/16 "2006-05-17T16:01:44Z")
What, you couldn’t have held the Dopefest this coming weekend, when **auntie em** and I’ll be in town? 😉 Stupid world. Doesn’t revolve around me, after all. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/17 "2006-05-25T18:18:13Z")
Only three confirmed so far. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/18 "2006-05-25T18:24:44Z")
I will be there, as promised I’ll bring an appetizer. Yippie! C’mon **Grizzrich** , you missed the last one. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/19 "2006-05-25T18:31:34Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > **Least Original User Name Ever** should take I-75 south out of Detroit (where construction delays should be minimal on a Saturday) to the I-80/90 turnpike just south of Toledo. East on the turnpike towards Cleveland. The turnpike is a toll road - Toledo to Cleveland will cost about 4 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290/20 "2006-05-25T19:49:53Z")
Maybe I should just post a link to the directions. Besides, if any crazy folks really wanted to know where I lived, they could find out easily enough. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-northeast-ohio-dopefest-saturday-june-3-2006/355290.md?page=2)