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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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Engine Venting Steam
Photo of the Week – May 13, 2015 Greenfield Village, Michigan From last fall’s trip to Greenfield Village, near Detroit, Michigan. This train runs a regular route around the park. The Village has three different engines that they use to … Continue reading
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Tagged Greenfield, locomotive, Michigan, steam, steam engine, venting
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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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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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