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Direktlänk till inlägg 4 augusti 2021

WEDNESDAY 8/4-21

Av EvaLena Hallgren - 4 augusti 2021 18:40

Monday night Mom decided to look for an inexpensive motel because we were in a larger city. The neighborhood of the hotel was located in an "iffy" area but the bed!!!!!! wow .............Mom was worried about losing me in this giant bed.............she really didn't have to worry, because I like to snuggle as close as I can

 


In the morning it was time for me to put my vest on and go to work. We were going to the Henry Ford museum.

Henry Ford founded the museum on October 21, 1929, and the 523,000 square-foot building was designed by architect Robert O. Derrick.

From the Model T to the civil rights icon Rosa Parks bus, the Henry Ford Museum highlights a wide range of great exhibits that people from all over the world thoroughly enjoy


 

This is a picture of the factory from a tower and shows part of the 2000 acres.

We did walk around looking down at workers assembling trucks but we weren't allowed any pictures there




 

This is the lobby of the factory 

 

Mom took so many pictures of cars and tried to remember background stories but her memory stinks so for more information She said to tell you to use google and Wikipedia.....................kind of rude me thinks


         


There were a lot of airplanes there too


       

Richard Byrd flew this airplane toward the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Though Byrd generally is credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains. Edsel Ford financed the expedition, and Byrd acknowledged his patron by naming the plane after Ford's daughter Josephine.




aeronautical engineer Arthur Raymond flew cross-country aboard a Ford trimotor in 1932
He remembered it well, "That trip was an experience I'll never forget. They gave us cotton to stuff in our ears, the Tin Goose was so noisy The thing vibrated so much it shook the eyeglasses right off your nose. In order to talk with the guy across the aisle, you had to shout at the top of your lungs.The higher we went to get over the mountains, the colder it got inside the cabin.My feet nearly froze. The lavatory in the tail was so small that you could barely squeeze through the door

The leather-upholstered wicker back chairs were as comfortable as lawn furniture, and they were so narrow they pinched....when the plane landed on a puddle splotched runway, a spray of mud sucked in by the cabin air vents splattered everybody...........Mom promised they fixed all that stuff by the time I'll be flying to Sweden.

   


at this exhibit, they were showing a film about how they used to walk on the wing to show off.................... Knowing Mom's crazy ways I made sure to put my paw down so she wouldn't get any stupid ideas of trying it. There WAS a room where you could try out how it feels.............

 


more cars and cars and cars

            


this thing is another car????

   


Mom would LOVE to have this camper, but we probably couldn't have been driving as far as we have now


 


American 50ies nostalgia

         

Mom was looking at this bike for a very loooooong time, and I think I noticed a smile and maybe a little wet in her eyes.............wonder what THAT was all about?....................if it only was red Mom sighed 


 



cars cars cars


             


There were trains there too and this was a BEAST. 


#1601 was one of the first ten 2-6-6-6locomotives built for the Chesapeake &Ohio by Lima in 1941.
Designed to work over Allegheny Mountains on C&O's Clifton forge Division
The locomotives were named "Alleghenies" and of only 60  built this is one of the only two to survive.

 


We walked and walked and walked, this place is huge. As usual, I was on my best behavior trotting along with Mom wearing my west. I was surprised that no one came to pet me like they usually do? Mom said it's because I'm working and people respect your vest ................oh well, can we take it off then? not until we're out of here she said, or I would have to stay in the car.........ok I'll wear it


   


racecars 

   

there was also a section of old farm equipment, and if it wasn't for signs telling what it was used for Mom would have no clue.

two pictures are steam engines used for ????


      


 





   


this gigantic contraption was a tomato picking machine ????


 


and the cast iron stoves looked awesome, so ornate and practical to heat and cook on in the old days


 

 

The first Wienermobile was created by Oscar Mayer's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, in 1936.

Wienermobiles are in current use by the Oscar Mayer company. Wienermobile drivers are known as Hotdoggers and often hand out toy whistles, which are shaped like a Wiener.

There are six of them currently driving around the US, according to Oscar Mayer. The Wienermobile from 1969 had a

Chevrolet motorhome frame and Ford Thunderbird tail.
Mom notices an ad where they are looking for drivers...............sounds like fun Mom let's apply.......
 
 
 
My feet are getting tired and so is Moms so it's time to leave this 523 000 square feet museum despite I'm sure
we missed seeing a lot of things here.
OH, as the grand finale, here are some of the president's cars
     
 
Back to the car and Mom called a dear old friend from our home in Florida. They used to be neighbors and my predecessor Buttons used to run to their house for bacon all the time. He even got some sent in the mail once.................
Sounds like my kind of people for sure
 
 
We had supper together and after a great visit, we were on our way going west. Sun was going down in Moms eyes 
so she pulled over and slept well.
Now we are at a great outdoor cafe in Kalamazoo ...............and the only reason we are here is that Mom likes
to say Kalamazoo  Kalamazee
 
The sky is blue and the sun is shining and Mom had great coffee and a ham sandwich at this wonderful water street cafe
that's very dog-friendly. They served me a cup of ice cream
 
all is well
Henry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






 



 

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