Niagra Falls, NY 2021

How exciting! We took a ride on the Maid of the Mist and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the wondrous American Falls.  The boat ride took us along the falls and then right up to the Horseshoe Falls.  It was magnificent. 

A picture does not do justice to the amazing power 
and amount of water going over the falls.

On the boat.  It was surprisingly windy.

A closeup of the Horseshoe falls. 
The boat actually went close enough into the falls  
to get us soaked.

Getting wet from the spray of water hitting the bottom.

Maid of the Mist boat seen from the observation tower. They look like PlaySkool kids. LOL

Walking along the observation path to see the falls

The American falls behind us and
the Horseshoe falls to the right

All wet

Milan, OH 2021

 Needed a place to stay for Labor Day weekend, so to follow our travel plan, we ended up in Sandusky-Milan, OH.  Taking the weekend to wash RV's and relax. Will leave on 9/7 for Fairview, PA for an overnight stop.  Then on to Grand Island, NY to see Niagra Falls from the US side.  Canada is still closed due to COVID.

Belleville (near Dearborn), MI 2021

Our whole purpose for camping here is to go to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.  When we came with Bob and Sharon last year Greenfield Village was closed.  This is Graham's favorite museum and Greenfield Village did not disappoint.

We went to the Henry Ford Museum first, then took a day off, and then went to Greenfield Village.

Henry Ford Museum:

 

Wing walkers displayed in the Aviation section

The Allegany 

Greenfield Village: Buildings Henry Ford collected that he thought were interesting or that were related to early innovations.

Sawmill in the background, red building

grist mill

a mechanized weaving loom

the saw mill

one of Thomas Edison's labs

They were giving Model T rides.

The Wright brothers home

Jewelry Shop brought in from England

General Store

Martha Mary Church (in honor of his mother and wife)

Thomas Edison's machine shop

Thomas Edison's laboratory 

Thomas Edison's office

slave quarters

Robert Frost Home

Cotswold Cottage (brought over from England)

Linwood, MI 2021

 As we were driving to our overnight stop in Linwood, we realized that we would be very close to Bronner's Christmas Store.  So after we set up, we took a drive.  We only had one hour to see it before they closed.  I think Joni was overwhelmed at the size of the store, lol.

stopped at the wreath for a couple of pictures before we left. :)

After we enjoyed a nice German dinner at the Bavarian Inn.