Mini Vacation: The Ford Museum

Every year for our anniversary, we like to take a little mini vacation to celebrate.  Since the beginning of our marriage (and even before), we've been pinching pennies, saving money, and tackling debt.  That being said, our trips are generally things that we can drive to and aren't too expensive.  (Our only real "big vacation" since our honeymoon was when we went to Vegas in April.)  We had both just switched jobs for our first anniversary, so we did a bed and breakfast here in Ohio.  It had four wheelers and that petting zoo with the camel.  Last year we went to Cedar Point and Put in Bay.  This year we ventured out of Ohio and went to Michigan.

On Monday we went to the Ford Museum.  Now I've heard some people say this seemed a little boring.  It's not roses and candles, but it was fun and interesting to us, so that's all that matters! :p

Michael took a ba-jillion pictures!  I can't share them all, but I'll give you a few highlights.  It's not all just cars.

The museum is separated into different sections.

First we walked through "Made in America"

The white thing in the middle is a hoop skirt.  What?

This was labeled as a lawn mower.  Again, what?

The next section was "Fully Furnished"

This wasn't as interesting to me, but there were a few good finds.

Like this potty chair....

and this crazy looking thing

it also had some fully furnished doll houses that were neat to see

It was time to eat lunch... we went to the Wienermobile!  Oh how I love a good hot dog! :)

This is the first ever weinermobile!

After lunch we headed to "Agriculture"

Nothing like a good old fashion milk truck!

I don't even know what this, but it's huge!

Harvesting corn?

Next up is "Your Place in Time"

A teenager's room in the 80's

After that there was another section called "Made In America" that had a bunch of huge machines half in the ground.  It was my least favorite section.

Then was "Heroes of the Sky", which I really enjoyed

This thing was weird.  It was like an airplane and a helicopter.

After the airplanes we went to "With Liberty and Justice for all"

 We both that this drum was neat.

The Rosa Parks bus

Last was "Automobile in American Life"

The car Kennedy was shot in

C'mon... doesn't this make you want to go camping?

This Allegheny train was HUGE

This bike just makes me want to say "ouch"

We saw so much and did SO MUCH walking.  After the museum we headed to our hotel to check in.  We had dinner and then went swimming and relaxed in the hot tub.  Then we just got "comfy cozy" (as Little Man says) and watched TV.  It was a good mix of sight seeing and relaxing.  Greenfield Village tomorrow...