Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Firsts

Our trip to see grandmum and granddad was a trip of firsts, and for most "firsts" I did not capture images.
Yes, this is the assembly of Model T
 

many firsts were punctuated by WWII, I would say six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but more like one degree


Thomas Edison, Menlo Park office, rebuilt in Greenfield Village, MI. This building also reconstructed in Wright Dunbar, Dayton, OH, where my parents live.



 
The Wright Bros. home, moved from right around the corner from where my parents live. A reconstruction is across the street.


My mom got an extra special tour of the upstairs.



 

Have I given the spiel about how Orville's 38 minute flight at Huffman Prairie in OHIO is what made flight viable?

Granddad and Abby spent days doing this puzzle, mainly granddad!


A plethora or Ohio bricks in the neighborhood too!


Abby's half-brother Shawen Jr.
 
 P-38
 
 The smell of WWII
 


 Presidential airplanes, FDR to Kennedy
 



 Decisions
 
 FDR, National Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH, new wing
 
 First satellite, yep, the little thing
 

 Go Jimmy!
 

 The DeutscheV-rocket
 


 Even in Urbana!
 

 

 

 










 
 
Swimming in Lake Michigan! Dunes National Park is amazing.
 


I heart the bean!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw61oITuts
In the belly of a whale, in gives my heart great joy to see your eyes filled with fear, so lean in close and I will whisper the last words you will hear

The List?! All Abby's firsts, well most as I recall:
Greenfield Village
Car wash, the kind you drive though
canoeing
thunder storm
by herself with grandmum/dad when I went to NC
water park
Dayton Dragons game
Lion King the musical
WHIO newsroom, anchor chair
Veterinarian behind the scenes, Abby is going to be a vet
Chiropractor, she was out of whack
Lightning bugs
Dunes National Park
Chicago Art Institute
Hancock Tower
Ohio Caverns