We enjoyed our stay at Grandpa’s Farm RV park. The park was comfortable and the facilities nice. The drive to Dayton was uneventful. A little rain and a lot of clouds helped keep the sun out of our eyes this morning.
Our first stop was the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Base. The displays are housed in four huge structures that appear to be overgrown Quonset huts. Each hut contains an aviation era: World War I, World War II, Korea, and the Cold War. There is a section for space and missiles but after touring two space museums, including the one at Alamogordo, this section wasn’t all that impressive.
Just think, Yesterday we were looking at models of some of these airplanes, today we are looking at the actual airplanes. This is a great vacation.
It is just to difficult to pick a picture that represent each area so you will have to go thru all our pictures on the Picasa site: http://picasaweb.google.com/WA6MUU/20070517DaytonOH
The museum was very dark so the pictures are also dark.
Outside, they had a World War II control complete with instruments and personnel facilities that included a bar that actually was used in England during WWII. It and the building was shipped to Dayton and reassembled.
It was cold and looked like rain when we left the museum. We decided to have soup for lunch. The California Café served a nice bowl of cream of broccoli soup and garlic bread. A chocolate malt was on the menu, so I couldn’t resist.
We picked up our Hamvention tickets at Will Call in the Hara arena then made our way to camp. This KOA is nicer than many campgrounds we’ve stayed at. The grounds are well tended and trees are everywhere. There will be a shuttle bus that runs all day between this campground and the Hamvention, so we won’t have to drive again for a few days.
