We were without internet for a few days, so this is a bit of catch-up.
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| The Dearborn area is Ford country |
We visited Greenfield Village - a reconstructed village from the late 1800s that is part of the Henry Ford Museum complex. It is huge, with a working farm, a main street town, steam railroad, arts and industry areas and a section of famous folks' homes that have been moved from their original locations to here. We took the train ride around the perimeter, visited the glass factory, old saw mills, and wandered down main street. The heat and humidity were up, so we did not do as much as we could have, but did enjoy a ride in an authentic Model T.
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| Entrance Fountain to Greenfield Village |
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| Roundhouse where they turn the steam engines around |
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| They run one engine for the day, with a total of three that they rotate in service |
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| Coal Loading |
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| Glass Factory |
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| Industrial area - fabric looms |
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| This was to loom jacquard fabrics - note the use of the punch cards to control the patterning - this is from 1803!!!! |
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| Had a delicious lunch in this historic tavern |
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| Working farm with winter wheat |
Enjoyed a nice lunch with Jack's niece, Becky before driving west, stopping at a small town RV campground with four spots with electricity. A nice, quiet little park, but they had to increase the price from free to $10 to pay for upkeep. What a deal! Police cruised around a few times during the night for security.
On to the west coast of Michigan - on Lake Michigan. Stopped for lunch at a county park with access to a small beach.
We headed north, and tried to get into Holland State Beach park campground, but they were full up. Just as well, as it was a nightmare of traffic jams with people heading to the beach on the weekend - way busier than our Charleston area beaches. Decided to get away from the busy coast and head to Grand Rapids.
We visited a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home (Meyer May in Grand Rapids) and it was spectacular as you can see by the photos.
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| Front of Home, but entrance is hidden away on left side of the house |
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| The home sits on corner property and this is the right side |
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| After walking in through a narrow entryway, it opens up into this gorgeous great room with leaded glass windows everywhere |
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| This wall separates the dining and living areas with a beautiful painting that goes all the way around both sides of the wall |
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| The dining room is unique - no chandelier, but four lamps at each corner attached to the table |
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| The living room fireplace is beautiful with glass in the horizontal mortar joints |
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| These skylights also have lighting above them for both natural and artificial light |
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| The four bedrooms upstairs all have surround windows |
We also stopped at Gerald R. Ford Museum. Even though we clearly remember him as President, we both learned a lot about him. Although I did not agree with many of his positions, he certainly was a man of character, integrity and honesty.
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| After Nixon |
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| The oval office as it looked during his Presidency |
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| Ford had multiple foreign affair crises to deal with as soon as he ssumed office-This is a piece of the Berlin Wall |
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| The stairway used by the folks in the Saigon embassy as they escaped to the roof for evacuation by helicopter |
Running out of time here in Michigan...it is already mid-July!
Great flashback for us:) Thanks for sharing!
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