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The Henry Ford Museum – America’s Memory Lane
The Henry Ford Museum, with its collections of airplanes, trains, and cars to furniture, farming and manufacturing equipment, and the history of justice in the United States, is too big to summarize adequately in the space of this blog. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny, cars, Chrysler, Ford, Kennedy, Lamy, limosine, locomotive, museum, presidential, roosevelt, turbine
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National Museum of Naval Aviation – More than 100 years of Unique Aviation History
Introduction The beginnings of US naval aviation are somewhat blurred. For example, the first aircraft to take off from, or land on a naval ship were demonstrations in 1910 by civil pilot, Eugene Ely, an employee of Glen Curtiss. On … Continue reading
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Tagged A-4, aircraft, airship, AJ Savage, Avenger, Black sheep, Blue Angels, CH-47, Corsair, DC-3, F-14, F/A-18, F4U, L-8, ME-262, museum, national, naval, Navy, NC-4, President Bush, que sera sera, R$D, Skyhawk, TBM
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Greenfield Village – The Ford Village Experience
Or: Reassembling early 20th Century America Where can you walk into the Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop (from Dayton, Ohio), and five minutes later tour the homes of Noah Webster (from New Haven Connecticut), and Robert Frost (from Ann Arbor, Michigan), … Continue reading
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Tagged Dearborne, Edison, Ford, Frost, Greenfield Village, grist mll, Michigan, Model T, museum, railroad, roundhouse, steam engine, Webster, Wright Brothers
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Renaissance Musings Blog Re-Launch
If you followed my blogs in the past, you would know that I have covered many topics—topics of interest to me and about which I can write with some degree of first-hand knowledge, or at least based on traditional and … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, camping, history, museums, road-trip, Spam, travel
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Wheels
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Wheels You asked for wheels. Here are some of my favorites.
16 Months of Adventure – Riverside 177 White Water Retro Camper Report
A 16-Month Performance and Adventure Report Sixteen months ago we drove our brand new Riverside 177 White Water Retro camper off of the dealer’s lot. Shortly before I posted the first “Camper Report,” we had experienced several minor issues, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, camper, camping, Chapel De Soto, Florida, Howard, Michigan, Retro, Riverside, Rv 177, sunrise, Tennessee, White Water, WPAFB
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Two Old Guys Trying to Recapture Their Youth – Part 2
(Continued from Part 1 – See) Day 4 – The Organization for Bat Conservation (OBC), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Our first destination in Michigan was the OBC at the Cranbrook Institute in Bloomfield Hills, about 50 miles north of our campground. … Continue reading
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Tagged air force, Bat, Bloomfield Hills, campground, camping trip, Conservation, Dayton, Dearborn, dutch oven, Ford Museum, Greenfield, Indiana, Michigan, Monroe, museum, OBC, Ohio, Sterling, storms, Tennessee
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Two Old Guys Trying to Recapture Their Youth – Part 1
Well, not exactly, but… John and I became friends as college classmates in the mid-1960s. In the spring of our junior year, we took off on spring break for a week’s trip to Florida. That was our first road trip. … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Force Museum, Bat, camper, campgrounds, Conservation, Cranbrook, dutch oven, Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Indiana, Institute, Lagrange, Michigan, Monroe, Ohio, Riverside RV, Science, Sterling, travel
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Upcoming Travel Events
One of the purposes of this blog space is to post travel and destination articles. With the closing of the store progressing on schedule, we have planned several camping and other trips through the end of the year. Expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged 177, Elkins, Jekyll, Lebanon TN, Pensacola, Retro, Riverside RV, the Colonies, Virginia, White Water, Williamsburg
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