Last Day in Dearborn

Yesterday I told you about touring Greenfield Village and all the historic place Henry Ford saved and moved. He also started a museum that's attached to the Village.  It has some amazing things in it; the Wright Brothers first plane, the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot, JFK's limousine, George Washingtons camp bed...
We've seen all these thing in the past and didn't go into the museum this time because it really takes a whole day to go through it all.

However, they also have a huge IMAX, 3D movie theatre that we thought the girls would enjoy.

We were the first to arrive and it really didn't get too full.

We've got popcorn and are ready for the show!  Ruby even has her 3D glasses on.

The movie we watched was called 'Wings over Wetlands'.  It showed how birds migrate thousands of miles and come back to their own area.  It had lots of beautiful and fun shots of turtles, ducks, Sand Hill Cranes, racoons and other wildlife.  The girls thought the 3D effect was great.

When it got done, it was time to head home.

However, it wasn't a smooth ride home.  We were caught up in construction 3 times in what was supposed to be a 3 hour drive.

This was taken the last time we were stuck. (Look at those happy faces and all the cars behind us!) We ended up stopped on the highway for 1/2 hour with the car turned off and not moving.  It's so frustrating because you are stuck and there's nothing you can do about it!  But finally things started moving.  However, the drive home took over an hour more than the drive there.

We stopped to see Cassie when we got to Grand Rapids and brought her a little brass candle stick they made at the brass works in Greenfield Village.  She was happy to see the girls but sad it was just a short stop.

Then we drove Alaina and Ruby home.  They were happy to see their parents again.

Here we are turning onto our road and it's raining!  Our area has had 1 inch of rain since June 1, so we were thankful to see this!  We ended up getting 1/2 inch of rain that day.

It was a special time away, with lots of good memories made with Alaina and Ruby!