Third Leg of the Rally

Six rigs continued on to our third stop and are camped at Greenfield Village RV Park.  In the mornings, we are treated to this view of our neighbors. 

 We spent our first day touring The Henry Ford, one of the best if not the best museum we've been in. 

John and Shirley met Shirley's daughter, Carolyn at the museum.  

This place is enormous and the most eclectic museum we have been in.  

This is President Reagan's limo that took him to the hospital after he was shot.

Here is the limo that took JFK to the hospital.

The limos went all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt who didn't like automobiles so this was his "limo" 

I love trains and the museum didn't disappoint.  

What a trip it would be to ride in this.  

As expected, the automobile section was amazing with a wide variety of cars.  I wouldn't mind owning this one.

This Duesenberg cost more than a Mercedes and Rolls Royce combined. 

Here are two more pictures.  I needed to  be selective or this blog would go on way too long.  

A blow-up demonstration of a Model T 

Next was the aircraft section.  

Vickie and Vicki wing walking

Telephones.

Vickie in the furniture section.

Who remembers this?  

Yes, that is a Hot Dog Bun Sofa

The farming section.

This Dymaxion House was designed by Buckminster Fuller to meet the post-World War Two housing demand.  It was made from aircraft aluminum from factories that were not producing aircraft anymore due to the wars end.  

It never went into production and only a few prototypes were built.  

The most impressive part of the museum to me was the enormous generators, motors and machinery on display.

Driving Miss Vicki

This is the chair that President Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

There is so much to see under one roof, we were only able to give you a taste of what we saw.  This place needs to be seen in person to comprehend the sheer size and scope of the displays.