Henry Ford

This morning we arrived at Greenfield Village at 9:30. We didn't see every self-guided building, but we went to all the ones that were staffed. In the village some of the buildings that Ford had recreated in the Village were ones we had seen in person such as Edison's lab at Menlo Park and the Wright Brother's cycle shop. There were various rides you could pay extra to ride such as a train ride, carry-all pulled by horses, carousel, and Model-T. We had planned to visit this site in the spring in 2020 before we knew the impact COVID was going to have on our lives. Prior to COVID you could buy a ride ticket that covered all of the rides. That isn't the case right now. We opted to only pay for rides on the Model T, which was a splurge as it cost $40 for the five of us to have one ride on them, but it was the highlight of our day. After spending about 5 hours at the site, we then walked to the Henry Ford Museum, where we spent the following 2.5 hours. Again, we didn't have time to look at everything in the museum, but we saw a majority of the displays and watched a short (but very well done) movie about car racing. The biggest disappointment was that we could see some nice hands-on things in the museum that were not

allowed to be used due to COVID. 

We only drove about 10 miles total today, but we were on our feet for over 7 hours straight. We packed food and ate it at Greenfield Village near the playground. After we left the museum, we drove to Bob Evans for dinner. We are using gift cards for almost all our dinners on this trip, and tonight we also used a gift card for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. I was the only one in our family who had ever been in a Cold Stone Creamery before. Paul just got a plain old vanilla milkshake, but the rest of us got ice cream with mix-ins. After we got back to the hotel, the kids and Paul went for a swim. Aside from the disappointing breakfast this morning, I think we all had a good day! I really liked my salad at Bob Evans that had pecans and cranberries on it. Yum! We are thankful for men like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison who had a very significant impact on life for many people around the world. 

Ford's very first vehicle (1896) called the Quadricycle