Our little detour into Dayton, Ohio was for this purpose, visiting the National Air Force Museum. John and my Dad had been there before and they loved it. It was amazing. They have just about every plane the Air Force has used, displayed in hangars with video, dioramas and informational signs to give more life to the history. The museum is full historical artifacts and all the displays are grouped by the war or conflict.
They also have an excellent missile section that is my Dad’s favorite. He worked on the Titan l and Titan II when he worked for Aerojet. My Mom loved the bomber jets and the dioramas that were set up with realistic looking soldiers depicting a scene from a part of history. John loved seeing the B2 Bomber and the SR-71. I loved reading the history of some of the decorated soldiers. They also had a section on the WASPS which was very cool. We couldn’t see it all because of time. We went through 3 hangars pretty fast and then looked at some airplanes outside on the tarmac. We saw a Japanese kamikaze plane as well as WWII German planes. There were 3 hangars we didn’t get to which has Franklin Roosevelt’s Presidential plane that was outfitted to help him get on. We also missed the Space Program hangar. We’ve got to go back one day. Best of all, it was FREE!!!! Free-Ninety Free!!! Also, Mom got to use a motorized chair, kind of like a scooter. She loved it and it gave her more independence than if we were pushing her around where we wanted to go.
After the museum, we headed North and West trying to get to Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Boring drive, other than we got to see the Chicago Skyline and Wisconsin is a beautiful state.
It took us until after 9:00 pm to get to our campsite. I do have to recommend KOAs. They are clean, have stuff for the kids to do, accommodating and have everything you need. After setting up, which doesn’t take long in a motor home, John and I decided we would go and do all the laundry, while Mom and Dad got ready for bed. We didn’t get to sleep until around Midnight. About four hours later the first sound of thunder woke us up. We had the loudest, brightest and wettest thunderstorm that we had ever been in. Lightening just kept flashing, rain was falling in sheets and the thunder sounded like a war battle. It lasted about an hour and we were all awake, looking out the windows. Of course it was still very warm outside. Bacon and eggs, coffee and toast for breakfast. What to do today before we head west? Hmm…….
Sounds like you have covered a lot of area and interesting things since you left WV! Glad you're having a good time. You're into the areas we have not visited yet. We anxious to hear today's ventures. I think we're about to get some of the storms like you experienced. The temperature is a very muggy 93 here today. Have fun!
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