Dayton

 Challenge course. One o four favorite playground activities is making up challenge course races

One of the converging tributaries that flows into the Great Miami River, which meets the Ohio, which goes to the Mississippi

 Dayton inspired carousel

What do you need to know about Dayton? The Wright Bros. Forget Kittyhawk, know Huffman Prairie.  In Dayton they not only designed an built everything (often utilizing bicycle parts since they knew bicycles), but it's where, after crashing the third flyer, they made a sustained flight for almost 40 minutes. Their design included controls for roll (wing warping), pitch and yaw. 

I could totally live in a caboose as long as there was space to do yoga, a pottery workshop and greenhouse out back.

 

 my broken rule - ribs! Ohio style, dribbled in tangy BBQ sauce with a side salad with sweet and sour garlic dressing, little mini bagels, and a baked potato for good measure.

 Little strip of Third Street

 My parents new house is lovely

 even has room for Plasticville

 Dinners and parties 

 

winter village

 

and my own personal touches