Off to see an Military and Space Museum, I Thought!!!

Hello Fellow Wayward Travelers!!!!

Today was a maintenance, driving, and museum day!

Let’s start with the maintenance day!!! As I said earlier, I needed to get the truck in for an oil change, so that’s how I started my day. I drove to the Ford Dealer’s Service Department and got right in! Within one hour I was back on the road with the truck getting new oil, filters, etc. and a clean bill of health for the next 5,000 miles or when I get home --- whichever comes first!!!

I had to drive quite a ways to get to the museum I wanted to see. The museum I had in mind was called “Michigan’s Own Military and Space Museum”. It is located about 150 miles from where I left the trailer, but this sounded like a really good museum. So, off I went!! I had no problems getting there and drove straight to it. It turns out though, this museum isn’t about military and space equipment; it’s about the people from Michigan who had served in the military during wars and had distinguished themselves to get very high commendations and many received The Medal of Honor!!! As for the “Space” part, about twelve people from Michigan were astronauts that went into space!!! Anyway, I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t see some old military equipment, but I went through the museum anyway and read each of the exhibits. Each exhibit was about an individual that had distinguished themselves in combat (there were some women among all the men) and some had even given their lives during that action!!! This museum was really something else!!! It went back to the Spanish-American War to the present day conflicts. As I said, it was strictly about Michigan individuals; either born and raised in Michigan or moved here and called Michigan their home!!! The part about the astronauts was just as good. I read so much that I couldn’t really keep it all straight in my head and I didn’t take any photos – I just walked from room to room and absorbed what was there!!! If any of you get a chance to come to this area and are in the little town of Frankmuth, Michigan, go visit this museum – it’s worth spending two or three hours of very interesting reading!!!

Well, I left the museum at about 3:00 in the afternoon and wanted to be back at the trailer by about 6:00 PM so that I could get a few things done before I went to bed, but that didn’t work!!! As I am driving back, and I was an hour away from where I parked the trailer, I got into a traffic jam!!! The freeway came to a dead stop!!! As we crept along, we came to an exit and a few highway workers were directing some of the cars onto the exit, but not all and no reason was given. I was in the lane that they directed to stay on the freeway!!!??? I crept along for a few miles and came to a flashing sign saying the freeway was blocked and that we should find and alternate route!!!??? Of course, there was no exit around and the nearest one looked to be about four miles in front of me!!! I had just gotten to the exit and the freeway opened up, so I stayed on it!!! As I got past the exit, I saw what was left of the cleanup attempts for a very big accident that looked like it involved a semi-truck!!! Anyway, I drove the rest of the way to my trailer, but didn’t get here until after 7:30 PM!!!

Thus, this BLOG Post has no photos and the day didn’t go as I had planned!!! But, I still enjoyed myself!!!

So, anyway, I made it to my RV Park and have settled in for the night and I have put together a plan for the next few days. It looks like I am done for the night!!!

So, with that, I will go for now, but I will see you all again tomorrow.

Again, to quote that great comedian, Red Skelton, "Good Night and May God Bless!"

Happy Trails ---- Jon