A little more fun in Dearborn

We visited Henry Ford's home in Dearborn. Unfortunately, it's being renovated so you can't go inside. But, visitors are free to walk the yard and gardens, which even at this time of year are beautiful. 

Henry and Clara Ford built this home and moved into it in 1915.

This is the front and side of the home with patio you can't see in this photo.

We walked to the side yard where we found this doorway dug into the side of a hill. It turned out to be a boat house. Another opening was dug on the other side which opens to the river.

Look what was above the door...   It was a wood chuck!

There were also several geese in the area.

Looking up at the house from the boat house.

The back of the house and back yard.

The Rogue River runs behind the house

A walled garden on the other side of the house.  There were all kinds of roses growing here, so it will soon be a beautiful spot!

A statue of Henry and Clara Ford.

We really enjoyed wandering around the home and yard and hope to return someday to tour the interior.

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!