We visited the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village today.  Staring in the Henry Ford Museum, we saw dozens of antique cars, locomotives, steam engines, assembly line artifacts, to name a few.  Among the automobiles are the limo which was carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated.  The limo which carried President Regan following the assassination attempt on his life is housed here as well.  The museum also houses another VERY important vehicle, but I won't spoil the photo (see below).

Following lunch we walked out to Greenfield Village.   Part of the Henry Ford estate, this "park" contains numerous buildings which were critical to the industrialization of the United States and the world.   Among the buildings are the original birth place of Henry Ford, the Wright Bicycle Shop, the Wright home and Thomas Edison's workshop buildings.  These are the original buildings, not replicas.  This amazing complex offers you the opportunity to see things "the way they were" as the world was being changed by the discoveries and events taking place in and near these buildings. 

We're going to sleep late in the morning and go back to visit a couple of sites at Greenfield Village again.  Then we'll take off, headed southwest towards home.  Will we go home tomorrow or stop along the way?  Stay tuned to find out.

Greg & Adam

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	The entrance to The Henry Ford Museum, Detroit, MI.
	The limousine which was carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated.  An amazing piece of history.  You couldn't help but picture that famous home-movie footage as you stood and looked at this automobile.  I was speechless.
	Hector Quevedo Abarzua and his son, Hugo Quevedo Liberona have driven this 1928 Model A Ford some 22,000 miles from Punta Arenas in southern Chile.  The father-and-son team left their home on October 12, 1992 with the equivalent of $5 in their pockets and a dream that Hector had cherished since age 12... to see the Henry Ford Museum.  Staying in shelters and accepting donations along the way, they arrived at the Museum on December 2, 1994.  They have since returned to Chile, but the car was added to the collection of the museum.
	"Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener... that is what I'd truly like to beeeeeee..."  I was humming this song for an hour!
	An original Tucker Automobile.
	The speedometer on the Tucker.  It's either 0 or 115.  You make the call.
	The Wright Bicycle Shop.
	Probably one of the best deals we have discovered on our trip.  You buy a 16oz soft drink at any of the refreshment stands and get free refills for the rest of the day!
	The research lab of Thomas Edison.  An amazing place.
	The second floor of the research lab.  If these walls could talk.
	This is the Carbon Shack.  Located in the back yard of the research lab, they kept lanterns burning around the clock in this building.   The night watchmen would collect the carbon which was emitted from the lamps.   This carbon was then sliced into thin sections which was used in Edison's experiments which eventually created the carbon element still used in some telephones today.  Without these experiments and discoveries, the telephone would never have been invented.
	At the end of the day, this pony on the Firestone Farm (yes, Firestone as in tires) had the right idea!

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