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Greenfield Village
Jul. 2nd, 2011 09:39 pmMy mom and I went to Greenfield Village this afternoon. It contains 83 historic buildings that were moved to this site. It's a little like a historic Disneyland (with a touch of the Smithsonian).
We ran into some snags first. I couldn't find the battery charger for my camera. My mom's car wouldn't start, so I drove down there.
When we got there, we passed through the "Working Farms" area and headed towards "Main Street" in search of ice cream. We found a place that served soft-serve ice cream. The only problem was that the ice cream was melting faster than we could eat it. We wound up with some ice cream drips on our clothes and on the ground, and melted ice cream all over our hands.
After cleaning ourselves up, we went in search of the "Porches and Parlors" area, which contains historic houses.
We passed a complex of buildings that were from Edison's Menlo Park lab. Then we wound our way through a covered bridge and a winding path by a pond, and found the "Porches and Parlors" area. I was looking for Robert Frost's house. However, we first visited a house that belonged to Edison's grandparents, who moved to Canada after the Revolutionary War because they were royalists. We were able to enter the house and see the living room and kitchen, and we talked to the docents that were there.
Then we found Robert Frost's house. He lived in the house when he was a poet-in-residence at the University of Michigan. We had no idea that Robert Frost had ties to Michigan. We were able to go into the hallway and look at the rooms (blocked off by glass). A recording of Robert Frost reading "The Road not Taken" was playing.
We went over to Noah Webster's house (next door), but couldn't go inside.
By that point, we talked about getting something to eat for dinner. However, I was boiling. (It was 97 degrees F and humid.) I suggested that we go back to the museum (Henry Ford Museum) and eat something in their air-conditioned cafeteria. And so we did. Afterward, we left.
I definitely want to go back when it's a little cooler. I also would like to ride the train and one of the Model T cars.
My mom's car started after we got back home, so we don't know what was wrong with it. We're wondering if it was overheating earlier.
It didn't rain until after we got back home.
I'll post pictures after I get my desk more organized.
We ran into some snags first. I couldn't find the battery charger for my camera. My mom's car wouldn't start, so I drove down there.
When we got there, we passed through the "Working Farms" area and headed towards "Main Street" in search of ice cream. We found a place that served soft-serve ice cream. The only problem was that the ice cream was melting faster than we could eat it. We wound up with some ice cream drips on our clothes and on the ground, and melted ice cream all over our hands.
After cleaning ourselves up, we went in search of the "Porches and Parlors" area, which contains historic houses.
We passed a complex of buildings that were from Edison's Menlo Park lab. Then we wound our way through a covered bridge and a winding path by a pond, and found the "Porches and Parlors" area. I was looking for Robert Frost's house. However, we first visited a house that belonged to Edison's grandparents, who moved to Canada after the Revolutionary War because they were royalists. We were able to enter the house and see the living room and kitchen, and we talked to the docents that were there.
Then we found Robert Frost's house. He lived in the house when he was a poet-in-residence at the University of Michigan. We had no idea that Robert Frost had ties to Michigan. We were able to go into the hallway and look at the rooms (blocked off by glass). A recording of Robert Frost reading "The Road not Taken" was playing.
We went over to Noah Webster's house (next door), but couldn't go inside.
By that point, we talked about getting something to eat for dinner. However, I was boiling. (It was 97 degrees F and humid.) I suggested that we go back to the museum (Henry Ford Museum) and eat something in their air-conditioned cafeteria. And so we did. Afterward, we left.
I definitely want to go back when it's a little cooler. I also would like to ride the train and one of the Model T cars.
My mom's car started after we got back home, so we don't know what was wrong with it. We're wondering if it was overheating earlier.
It didn't rain until after we got back home.
I'll post pictures after I get my desk more organized.
