I'm back!

Bob and I took a short trip to Dearborn, Michigan to visit the Henry Ford Museum.  Last year we were there to see Greenfield Village with Alaina and Ruby, but didn't have time for the museum, so we decided we needed to go back for some museum time.

Dearborn is about 2 1/2 hours from our house, on the other side of the state. We saw this semi along the way and it was so cute!

We checked into our hotel and decided to walk the 3/4 mile to the restaurant to enjoy the city streets.  It's fun to see the different buildings.

We ate at Ford's Garage, a place we were at last year. It's all decorated with old cars and car things, and the burgers are fantastic!

Here we are the next morning, ready to take on the museum. This is like no other museum I've been to and is an all day adventure.

One of the first things we saw was a bunch of presidential cars. The top one was Franklin Roosevelts, bottom right was Theodore Roosevelts carriage and the bottom left was the car JFK was in when he was assasinated.

Thomas Edison was a good friend of Henry Ford, and signed his name in the cement when the museum was being built.

George Washingtons camp bed and camp box.

Rosa Parks bus

Benedict Arnold letter

We had lunch in an old diner that was moved into the museum from New Jersey.

This is a Stradivarius violin that was owned by Henry Ford. He could play it, but played it in the style of a fiddle.

This is the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assasinated.

This is Edgar Allen Poe's writing table.

One of many beautiful old cars.

A few items I remember that made me feel very old!   :)

Another classic!

These are just a few of so many interesting things that we saw. We greatly enjoyed our visit here.

 

Wordless Wednesday

I'm taking a little break for the rest of the week. Bob and I are taking a short getaway, which I'll tell you about next week.  See you soon!

A day at the park

 Last week we were scheduled to watch Cassie and Connor, so Heather and Andrew could go to a wedding. Unfortunately, Andrew's Dad ended up in the hospital so Andrew had to be with him and they couldn't go. We decided to have a fun day anyway, and went with the kids and Heather to a park we'd never visited before. It's on the Grand River, so it's beautiful, but had great places for the kids to play too.

Connor was in grand spirits.

We put Grandpa in the back seat with the kids. He's the biggest kid, really!

Grandpa and Cassie

Heather and I with Connor

Looking at the river

This is just one of 3 play areas

The boardwalk next to the river

Such a pretty place to walk!

The kids liked the play area more than the river.   :)

We all had a great time!