Believe in the Magic Traci Diary

On Wednesday, we went to my school to drop off some of my things.  Then we went to lunch and the Wright Brothers Interpretive Center.  Last spring, I started taking Third Street home because of the construction on Route 35 at 675.  I passed the Interpretive Center many times on my way home but had not realized it.

We got to see how the Wrights figured out how to have a successful heavier-than-air manned flying machine.  We also learned about their printing business.  The boys’ favorite areas were the parachute area and the supermarket area.

After we finished up with the Interpretive Center, we went next door to the Wright Brothers’ Cycle Shop.  They had five bicycle shops.  The fourth one is the only one in existence.  It was neat walking into that Cycle Shop, knowing that the Wright Brothers had worked there over a hundred years ago. 

Behind the Cycle Shop, there is an outhouse.  The Imaginative One asked me what an outhouse is.  He then looked at it again and decided it was a wooden port-a-potty.  I like his description.

Here are pictures from our visit to the Interpretive Center:

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Here are links to our other adventures on the Aviation Tour:  Air Force Museum, Carillon Park, and Wright B. Flyer and Woodland Cemetry.

Last Thursday, the Imaginative One, Wee One, and I started on the Aviation Tour around Dayton, Ohio.  We went to see the look-alikes of the Wright B Flyer and then to Woodland Cemetery.  A lot of famous Daytonians are buried in Woodland Cemetery.  We wanted to see the Wright Brothers’ burial plot, Paul Laurence Dunbar’s, and the boy and his dog statue.  The boys were real troopers walking in the cemetery.

After we got done at Woodland Cemetery, we discovered the car’s keys were left in the car.  So we had to call my hubby so he could bring the spare keys to me.  While we waited for him, we walked down to Starbucks to use the restroom and get a drink.  The boys were again troopers with all the walking.  When we returned to the car, hubby was pulling up with the keys.

After we got home, the Imaginative One came down with a fever and a bad cough.  The next day, we found out he had Croup. 

Here are some pictures of our adventure:

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Here are links to our other adventures on the Aviation Tour:  Air Force Museum, Carillon Park, and the Wright Brothers’ Interpretive Center.

My best friend, Angie, suggested taking the Aviation Tour around my hometown.  When her daughter did it two weeks ago, she had a blast.  I had never visited many of the places, even though I’ve lived in the area for twenty-five years.  It’s been fun to visit the places, especially with the Imaginative One, because he is interested in history and how things work.

Yesterday we visited the Air Force Museum.  We have been here many times because it is close by and free to the public.  The Imaginative One had a blast looking at the different planes, trying to figure out how they kept the planes up in the air, and trying to figure out what type of material they used to make the grass and snow in a few of the displays.  The Wee One thought some of the planes were cool but really had the attention span of a gnat when it came to the museum.  He kept moving ahead, which really put a damper on the Imaginative One and me trying to learn about airplanes.

The Imaginative One was funny when he began to talk about one of the areas of the museum.  He told me that his memory was not fresh, but he did remember some of it.  It was amazing what he did remember. 

Here are some pictures from our trip:

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Here are links to our other adventures on the Aviation Tour:  Wright B Flyer and Woodland Cemetery, Carillon Park, and the Wright Brothers’ Interpretive Center.