More day away events

Yesterday I told you about touring the Hackley and Hume houses. After we finished there, we walked about a block to see a few more historic buildings.
We started with the Hackley Fire Barn Museum.

This fire barn was the first gift Charles Hackley gave to the city of Muskegon.  It was built in 1875.  He also sponsored 12 firemen.  This was the beginning of many gifts - by the time he died he had given half of his wealth  to the city he lived in.

 This is one of the first fire wagons, which was pulled by horses.

Here's one of the first fire trucks.

 The firemen stayed in this area on the second floor...

This was their tub - right out in the open!

After touring the old fire barn, we went through the Scolnik house, which tells the story of common families and the way they lived during the depression.

 This house was set up for the family to live on the floor level, and the second level was used by another family who rented it.

What a difference from the opulence of the Hackley house!

 This was the motto of that time.  It's something we could do a little more of today!


By this time it was nearing 2pm and we hadn't had lunch yet.  We could hear music and knew something was going on about a block away.  We heard it was a street fair so we decided to walk down and see if we could have lunch down there.

 It turned out to be a biker rally!

 The whole street was closed and was filled with bikes.

We saw some pretty  fancy ones, and we did find some food.  We didn't hang around long though - we felt a little out of our element.

After this we headed home, then went out for a nice supper.  It was a fun and relaxing day.  Thanks Laura and Aaron!