We've been in Millersburg Ohio a week today. We arrived last Monday and will be leaving tomorrow morning for Pennsylvania for a little more time in Amish country. We came to this area of Ohio to go to Canton Ohio to check out the NFL Hall of Fame. We didn't realize that this area in Ohio is also Amish country and we were pleasantly surprised as we really enjoy Amish country.
Several days the last week we've shopped around at all the little shops and flea markets in the area. And the Amish food is just terrific. We ate at Der Dutchman, Mrs. Yoder's Kitchen and the Duthman Restaurant. All were delicious homemade goodness and just excellent. Yum!
Friday we headed an hour east to Canton Ohio to see the NFL Hall of Fame. We were so close and Mark wanted to make a point of checking it out...and we had a really good time. We got to see the NFL from it's inception in the early 1900's up through today, including players, owners, coaches...you name it, it was there. After the 3 hour tour we made a pitt stop in the gift shop and Mark bought a 2010 NFL Hall of Fame Hat.
We've set outside most every night this week and enjoyed time around a campfire. It's just so relaxing and enjoyable. We've had a wonderful and relaxing week here in Ohio and we're looking forward to moving on to Pennsylvania Dutch country. We have a week planned near Lancaster Pennsylvania to enjoy the beautiful Amish farms, hills and mountains. Not much on the agenda other than enjoying the area and just relaxing...without a "To Do" list of things we'd like to see.
We've spent the last couple of weeks finalizing our last few weeks on the road before heading back home in late August. We're tentatively considering continuing east from Pennsylvania to Washington DC for a Christians United for Israel christian conference. We're not sure if we can make it or not...but it's on the radar. The only other place we're planning on spending a week this time out is Savannah, Georgia. There's so much history and things to see and do in the Savannah area that we're really looking forward to our visit there.
From Savannah, we'll head southwest towards Lafayette Louisiana to make a stop where we purchased our RV to get some miscellaneous warranty work completed. From there, a brief stop in Livingston, Texas for a visit with Chris & Love, get our mail from our mail forwarding service, etc., then...finally home. Some 4 1/2 months and 7,000 miles later!
Well that's a wrap for this update. We've had a wonderful time so far and can't wait to see what's in store for us next week! Until later~
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Ford Museum/Dearborn Michigan
We arrived in Dearborn Michigan this last Tuesday. We decided to head south to Dearborn so we could check out the Henry Ford Museum. There are actually two very large museums...one inside and the other outside. The museums are so large we had to break them up into two separate trips.
So this last Thursday we headed to the Ford museum and spent the day checking out the Ford Museum located inside a large building, several acres in size. Wow, we were not disappointed! There were so many things to see it's difficult to know where to begin. These museums housed unique and exotic cars as well as the Model T and many old antiques. But, cars are only a miniscule part of the Ford Museum.
There were large exhibits of everything from the 1930's and 1960's hotels and what they typically looked like; to an enormous exhibit of airplanes, representing Lindberg (who was very good friends with Ford), to Amelia Earhardt, etc. etc. There were wagon exhibits from 1700 through the latest wagons created; Railroad exhibits; A unique 'Home of the Future' built in the early 1960's, a house built with airplane metal material that could be dismantled to be moved. Obviously that idea never took off.
There was an exceptionally fascinating exhibit of Presidential limousines. The one that enthralled us was Kennedy's...the one he was actually riding in when he was assasinated in 1963. There were 4 other presidential limousines on display as well, including Eisehower's; Nixon's; Johnson's and FDR's. Whew, our first day at the Ford Museum items located inside was just awesome! We couldn't wait to check out the outside museum.
We didn't manage to make it back to the Ford museum until today, Sunday July 4th. The external exhibit is comprised of 88 acres of amazing items and actual homes that had literally been dismantled, brick by brick...board by board, and relocated to Dearborn Michigan, in the Henry Ford Museum.
Actual homes from the 1800/1900's taken apart and put back together in the Ford Museum included Ford's childhood home...and Ford made sure that literally everything was identical. It took him 13 years to find the correct heater to place in the parlor. Same wallpaper, flooring, furtniture--everything. Ford was very good friends with Thomas Edison and Edison's boyhood home; Edison's actual labratories. Ford was also good friends with the Wright Brothers. Ford purchased the Wright Brother's childhood home and had it reassembled at the Ford Museum. The Wright Brother's Bike shop was also moved.
In addition to these homes and workshops, there were so many other homes, from 1800 school houses, to a shack of an hourly worker from the early 1920's, to Ford's favorite teacher, and on and on...so many it's impossibly to list them all. But my goodness, what a sight!
We entered a tavern that was built in the 1800's and cooled off a bit. While there, we checked out their menu, as also served food. The menu was full of items directly from cookbooks from the 1850's. We took one of the menus--items on the menu that you could sit down and order included: Beef Pie; "Dressed" Tomatoes; and even "Vinegar Pie"! The items were a tad too expensive, so we decided not to stop for a meal...but boy was Mark ready to give it a try! He's certainly the adventurous one when it comes to eating new and different things, that's for sure.
Whew! So that's a "brief" summary of what we've been up to during our 5 days in the Dearborn Michigan area. Where are we headed next? Well, we're only a couple of hours away from the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, so Mark wants to head that way so we can tour the Hall of Fame. So we leave early tomorrow morning for Canton, Ohio. We're planning on spending a few days there before continuing on to the Lancaster, Pennsylvanio area to spend a few days in Amish country.
That's a wrap for this update. Happy 4th everyone. Until later~
So this last Thursday we headed to the Ford museum and spent the day checking out the Ford Museum located inside a large building, several acres in size. Wow, we were not disappointed! There were so many things to see it's difficult to know where to begin. These museums housed unique and exotic cars as well as the Model T and many old antiques. But, cars are only a miniscule part of the Ford Museum.
There were large exhibits of everything from the 1930's and 1960's hotels and what they typically looked like; to an enormous exhibit of airplanes, representing Lindberg (who was very good friends with Ford), to Amelia Earhardt, etc. etc. There were wagon exhibits from 1700 through the latest wagons created; Railroad exhibits; A unique 'Home of the Future' built in the early 1960's, a house built with airplane metal material that could be dismantled to be moved. Obviously that idea never took off.
There was an exceptionally fascinating exhibit of Presidential limousines. The one that enthralled us was Kennedy's...the one he was actually riding in when he was assasinated in 1963. There were 4 other presidential limousines on display as well, including Eisehower's; Nixon's; Johnson's and FDR's. Whew, our first day at the Ford Museum items located inside was just awesome! We couldn't wait to check out the outside museum.
We didn't manage to make it back to the Ford museum until today, Sunday July 4th. The external exhibit is comprised of 88 acres of amazing items and actual homes that had literally been dismantled, brick by brick...board by board, and relocated to Dearborn Michigan, in the Henry Ford Museum.
Actual homes from the 1800/1900's taken apart and put back together in the Ford Museum included Ford's childhood home...and Ford made sure that literally everything was identical. It took him 13 years to find the correct heater to place in the parlor. Same wallpaper, flooring, furtniture--everything. Ford was very good friends with Thomas Edison and Edison's boyhood home; Edison's actual labratories. Ford was also good friends with the Wright Brothers. Ford purchased the Wright Brother's childhood home and had it reassembled at the Ford Museum. The Wright Brother's Bike shop was also moved.
In addition to these homes and workshops, there were so many other homes, from 1800 school houses, to a shack of an hourly worker from the early 1920's, to Ford's favorite teacher, and on and on...so many it's impossibly to list them all. But my goodness, what a sight!
We entered a tavern that was built in the 1800's and cooled off a bit. While there, we checked out their menu, as also served food. The menu was full of items directly from cookbooks from the 1850's. We took one of the menus--items on the menu that you could sit down and order included: Beef Pie; "Dressed" Tomatoes; and even "Vinegar Pie"! The items were a tad too expensive, so we decided not to stop for a meal...but boy was Mark ready to give it a try! He's certainly the adventurous one when it comes to eating new and different things, that's for sure.
Whew! So that's a "brief" summary of what we've been up to during our 5 days in the Dearborn Michigan area. Where are we headed next? Well, we're only a couple of hours away from the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, so Mark wants to head that way so we can tour the Hall of Fame. So we leave early tomorrow morning for Canton, Ohio. We're planning on spending a few days there before continuing on to the Lancaster, Pennsylvanio area to spend a few days in Amish country.
That's a wrap for this update. Happy 4th everyone. Until later~
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Shipwreck Museum
Initially this morning we had decided not to go anywhere today, but around noon we changed our mind and headed north 75 miles to Whitefish Point, Michigan to see the Shipwreck Museum. It turned out to be a perfect half day trip.
There were several buildings on the complex in addition to the shipwreck museum itself. We started by taking a tour of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which listed many of the ships that have sunk around the Great Lakes area in the last 150 years. There were lot's of relics from the various shipwrecks as well, which I found most fasinating. That's what I love most about thinks like this--it's the history, the people that were impacted, there lives and artifacts. Mark got lot's of pictures too.
We then moved on to the Whitefish Point Lighthouse. I enjoyed touring the lighthouse and the attached Lighthouse Keeper's home the most. The home is in the same shape and condition that it was when used up through 1932 when the lighthouse was shut down. Each room included information about how each was used, including pictures and personal items from the last keeper, and each member of his family. It even included manequins of each of the lighthouse keepers family, during their 30 years in the house.
We checked out the other buildings and walked down past the lighthouse to the beach, which is located on Lake Superior. We've now seen 3 of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. After spending a few minutes on the beach, we decided to head back. We made a stop in St. Ignace for lunch/dinner and got back home around 5:00. It was such a lovely day with high temps in the upper 60's that we headed down to the beach here in the RV Park with the lawnchairs and the dogs and chilled a bit watching the sun set.
We had a great day today. We still haven't made it to Mackinac Island, it rained pretty hard all day the day we had planned on going. We're hoping to make it tomorrow, but will have to see if the weather holds up. So, that's a wrap for this update. We had a wonderful day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
There were several buildings on the complex in addition to the shipwreck museum itself. We started by taking a tour of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which listed many of the ships that have sunk around the Great Lakes area in the last 150 years. There were lot's of relics from the various shipwrecks as well, which I found most fasinating. That's what I love most about thinks like this--it's the history, the people that were impacted, there lives and artifacts. Mark got lot's of pictures too.
We then moved on to the Whitefish Point Lighthouse. I enjoyed touring the lighthouse and the attached Lighthouse Keeper's home the most. The home is in the same shape and condition that it was when used up through 1932 when the lighthouse was shut down. Each room included information about how each was used, including pictures and personal items from the last keeper, and each member of his family. It even included manequins of each of the lighthouse keepers family, during their 30 years in the house.
We checked out the other buildings and walked down past the lighthouse to the beach, which is located on Lake Superior. We've now seen 3 of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. After spending a few minutes on the beach, we decided to head back. We made a stop in St. Ignace for lunch/dinner and got back home around 5:00. It was such a lovely day with high temps in the upper 60's that we headed down to the beach here in the RV Park with the lawnchairs and the dogs and chilled a bit watching the sun set.
We had a great day today. We still haven't made it to Mackinac Island, it rained pretty hard all day the day we had planned on going. We're hoping to make it tomorrow, but will have to see if the weather holds up. So, that's a wrap for this update. We had a wonderful day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Touring Mackinaw City
We actually slept in this morning and didn't leave until around noon today, heading to the downtown Mackinaw City area. The first place we went was to the Old Mackinaw Lighthouse. We'd never toured a lighthouse before and I really enjoyed it. We toured the old lighthouse keeper's rooms, which included a living area, kitchen, bedroom and small dining area, including period pieces of how the lighthouse was furnished. We walked up to the top of the lighthouse, it was something like 72 steps, and obviously no overweight or larger folks must have ever lived in the lighthouse! I suspect anyone over 200 pounds would have a difficult time climbing the circular stairs and once to the top, the actual stairs to the lighthouse. Whew! But the view was worth it. Awesome.
We continued down the path to the Old Mackinaw Fort, which consists of 10 or so buildings. The primary purpose of this fort was for the fur trade. The French and Indians exchanged goods for furs beginning in the early 1700's. There were also several reenactments while we were there, including firing of one of the canons and the weekly trade and barter that occurred between the indians and french. All of the buildings in this fort were actually recreated as it was torn down by the British during the American Revolution and moved to Mackinac 'Island', where they felt much safer from Americans.
Afterwards, we headed to a local restaurant and Mark had the walleye fish platter and I had shrimp. We topped it off by sharing a piece of homemade bannana cream pie. Yum!! We got back home around 5:00 and called it a day. Our plans are to head to Mackinac Island tomorrow morning. We'll catch a ferry for a 30 minute boat ride across Lake Huron to Mackinac Island.
I've wanted to see Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel ever since I first saw the movie 'Somewhere in Time', starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. I still have that movie. There's lot's of things to see on the island and we're thinking about renting bicycles to check it out, as no cars are allowed on the island...only horses, horse drawn carriages and bicycles. So, we're really looking forward to our journey tomorrow.
We had a terrific day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
We continued down the path to the Old Mackinaw Fort, which consists of 10 or so buildings. The primary purpose of this fort was for the fur trade. The French and Indians exchanged goods for furs beginning in the early 1700's. There were also several reenactments while we were there, including firing of one of the canons and the weekly trade and barter that occurred between the indians and french. All of the buildings in this fort were actually recreated as it was torn down by the British during the American Revolution and moved to Mackinac 'Island', where they felt much safer from Americans.
Afterwards, we headed to a local restaurant and Mark had the walleye fish platter and I had shrimp. We topped it off by sharing a piece of homemade bannana cream pie. Yum!! We got back home around 5:00 and called it a day. Our plans are to head to Mackinac Island tomorrow morning. We'll catch a ferry for a 30 minute boat ride across Lake Huron to Mackinac Island.
I've wanted to see Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel ever since I first saw the movie 'Somewhere in Time', starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. I still have that movie. There's lot's of things to see on the island and we're thinking about renting bicycles to check it out, as no cars are allowed on the island...only horses, horse drawn carriages and bicycles. So, we're really looking forward to our journey tomorrow.
We had a terrific day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
We're in Michigan
We left Minneapolis early Tuesday morning headed to the Mackinaw City, Michigan area to spend some time in the Great Lakes area. There's so much to see and check out and we're really looking forward to our time here. We arrived at a small town near Ecanaba Michigan yesterday as a half-way point and spent the night at a little RV park next to a casino.
With only a couple hundred miles to go today, we got a late start and since we moved into the Eastern time zone today, we really got a later start. But fortunately we still arrived at Mill Creek campground around 4:00 this afternoon and as soon as we got the RV set up we headed into town to try a Mackinaw pastie. They're kind of like meat pies. We'd heard about them and wanted to try them. They were ok...not sure I'd have another one, but I'm glad we tried them.
There's lot's of things we'd like to see while we're in the area. Initially we're only planning on staying at this particular campground until Monday morning. One of the first things I'd like to do is go to Mackinaw Island. You catch a ferry down the road from where we're at and they drive you over to the island. It's actually become some what 'famous'...Mackinaw Island is where the romantic/classic movie "Somewhere in Time" was filmed, a move with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymoure.
There are lot's of state parks, a lighthouse and lot's of other cool stuff we're looking forward to doing while in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We're excited and looking forward to our time here on the Great Lakes. We had a wonderful day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
With only a couple hundred miles to go today, we got a late start and since we moved into the Eastern time zone today, we really got a later start. But fortunately we still arrived at Mill Creek campground around 4:00 this afternoon and as soon as we got the RV set up we headed into town to try a Mackinaw pastie. They're kind of like meat pies. We'd heard about them and wanted to try them. They were ok...not sure I'd have another one, but I'm glad we tried them.
There's lot's of things we'd like to see while we're in the area. Initially we're only planning on staying at this particular campground until Monday morning. One of the first things I'd like to do is go to Mackinaw Island. You catch a ferry down the road from where we're at and they drive you over to the island. It's actually become some what 'famous'...Mackinaw Island is where the romantic/classic movie "Somewhere in Time" was filmed, a move with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymoure.
There are lot's of state parks, a lighthouse and lot's of other cool stuff we're looking forward to doing while in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We're excited and looking forward to our time here on the Great Lakes. We had a wonderful day today and hope you did as well. Until later~
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