by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 04/27/2017 at 17:47
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 04/27/2017 at 17:47
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2,725 miles. That’s about right. The only required destinations are Ft. Wayne, Indiana to visit my brother-in-law, and Chicago, because stuff to do. I’m lobbying for a day at the USAF Museum in Dayton. It doesn’t make sense to go up there and not see it. This is still very much in the planning stages.
"Nisman" (nisman)
04/27/2017 at 17:50, STARS: 1
I’m ashamed that I’ve lived in Cleveland my entire life and I have never been to the USAF museum...
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 1
I was there about 25 years ago. It’s changed a lot since then. If my family doesn’t want to go, I’ll rent a car and go by myself.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
04/27/2017 at 17:58, STARS: 0
Definitely go to the museum. It’s huge - we had several hours (and many bored teenagers) and didn’t finish. There’s also a pretty cool park - Carillon Historical Park, I think - with some neat industrial exhibits but also plenty else for less-than-interested family to check out.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 1
Thanks for the tip. I plan to spend the day there, and take a few thousand pictures. Looking at the map, I may leave Mrs. Ttyymmnn and the boys in Ft. Wayne and make a day trip out it by myself.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/27/2017 at 18:08, STARS: 0
Head north to the SAC Museum in Omaha.
Definitely a place on my re-visit list.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 1
I’d love to, but that’s probably just a bit too far out of the way.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
04/27/2017 at 18:16, STARS: 0
The museum is great it’s a must do. Also Hocking Hills isn’t far away. Cheap cabins and some great hiking trails. Plus the roads are fantastic thru there. Car and driver do road tests in that area. We did both last summer and are planning to go back
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 18:19, STARS: 1
Plus the roads are fantastic thru there. Car and driver do road tests in that area.
I visited the AF Museum about 25 years ago. It’s changed considerably since then.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
04/27/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 0
Just saying ;)
"facw" (facw)
04/27/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 0
That’s a big trip. And impressively, the thumbnail shows nearly no water:
Hard to get your bearings quickly when there’s no coast and the state lines are too faint to see clearly.
"tromoly" (tromoly)
04/27/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 1
Some things not far off your paths in Illinois that I plan to visit this year:
Alton - Piasa Bird: Native American mural painted on a bluff above the Mississippi River.
Collinsville - Cahokia Woods Woodhenge: Kinda like Stonehenge, but assembled by Native Americans.
Casey - A Bunch Of World’s Largest Stuff: They have the World Record for Largest Collection of World’s Largest Items. It’s like a Yo Dawg thing for World Records.
Martinsville - Moonshine Store: Home of the Moonburger, supposedly a super good burger that can’t be missed.
Wilmington - Gemini Giant: 30-foot tall statue of a guy holding a rocket, it looks awesome.
Gardner - Two-Person Jailhouse: The perfect jailhouse for a husband-and-wife crime duo, this jailhouse only has room for two occupants in its cells. Such an oddity.
Springfield - Lincoln’s Tomb: Come on, you’re in Illinois, you don’t get much more Illinois than Lincoln (well, tax evasion in Chicago, I guess).
There’s a bunch in Chicago on my personal list, but it’s mostly visiting parks and stuff. What I’ve posted should be enough things to break up the monatony of driving through corn fields.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/27/2017 at 18:49, STARS: 0
Interesting, we usually go more East, up through Arkansas, stay the night in West Memphis, and then North until we catch I70 into Indy. We did take the Oklahoma route once, when we moved down. It’s fine, too.
"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
04/27/2017 at 19:05, STARS: 0
*COugh cough* Nashville *cough cough*
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
04/27/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0
Ideally you’d have more than a day at The NMUASF. It’s over 1 million square feet enclosed exhibit space. It will take a while to see everything.
"Quasi Hatrack" (quasi-hatrack)
04/27/2017 at 19:15, STARS: 0
Is there a reason for St. Louis over Memphis and Nashville?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 19:47, STARS: 0
Been to Memphis and Nashville, and across southern AR, way too many times. Gonna take our boys to see the Arch.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 19:48, STARS: 1
I have to take what I can get.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
04/27/2017 at 19:53, STARS: 1
The XB-70 is in the last hangar, furthest from the entrance.
If you start in the back, you’ll at least be working toward the door as you through. It will just be sort of backwards in terms of era.
"Quasi Hatrack" (quasi-hatrack)
04/27/2017 at 20:23, STARS: 0
The Arch is a good reason to go with kids. Make sure you explain to them that it’s not a parabola but a catenary.
"dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford" (dtg11)
04/27/2017 at 21:21, STARS: 0
Hay I live in Springfield
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/27/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 1
Duly noted. And now I have to look up “catenary.”
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 1
My older son did a big project on Lincoln a few years ago, and we’re on the Abe Lincoln tour. Back in 2014, we went to Lincoln’s birthplace and saw the shrine devoted to the cabin that he wasn’t born in.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:11, STARS: 0
I’m excited to see the Valkyrie.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:14, STARS: 1
We’ve got family back in VA, and we’ve been to/through Nashville six times. I want to drive roads I’ve never been on. If I have to take I-30/I-40 across southern Arkansas again I’m going to lose my mind.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:15, STARS: 1
We’ve got family in VA, and we’ve made the drive there a number of times. I refuse to drive across southern AR again. These will be new roads for us. I’m looking forward to it.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:24, STARS: 0
Are you familiar with the site Roadside America ? It lists all of these quirky, off-the-beaten-path stuff. As you say, great for finding something neat to get out of the car and stretch the legs. Most awesome thing we found on that site was the Minister’s Treehouse in Crossville, TN. This (crazy) spent years building a massive treehouse because the Lord told him to, and then he opened it to the public. Sadly, the fire marshall shut it down. It’s still there, you just can’t go in.
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 0
Back in 2013, we drove from Austin to San Diego and home via the Grand Canyon. That was over 3,000 miles, and I drove every inch of it. We’ve also made the drive to the VA coast a number of times. I’m a sucker for a long road trip.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 00:28, STARS: 0
Awesome. Thanks.
"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
04/28/2017 at 01:15, STARS: 1
I stick to I40 East of Nashville for a reason haha. If this happens to be during #SEOppoMeet2017 though.....
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/28/2017 at 09:48, STARS: 0
The City Museum in St. Louis is incredible . Your boys would love it. Do not miss!
Clearly you know of the Czech Stop in West, but the Peanut Shoppe just north of the TX border on 75 is a great stop to stock up on road snacks as well.
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in OKC is quite good, as is the Science Center there.
There’s a place called Woolaroc near Bartlesville, OK, that’s really cool (a bit off your path). Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper is also in Bartlesville.
"dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford" (dtg11)
04/28/2017 at 10:25, STARS: 0
If you like Lincoln, don’t miss the Lincoln Presidential Museum. It’s really cool, I still enjoy going there (which can’t be said about many Lincoln things). And if you go for lunch, stop at Darcy’s Pint or Dublin Pub and get yourself a horseshoe.
"tromoly" (tromoly)
04/28/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 1
I’m vaguely familiar, though I didn’t consult that site when compiling my list. It started out as wanting to visit every location in the
Weird Illinois
book (which I still haven’t consulted...), and grew into googling “pllaces to visit Illinois” and compiling from numerous lists.
"Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
04/28/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 0
Looking at your map...when you leave Dayton and head north on I-75, you’re likely getting off at exit 110 and heading west on US33. Go one more exit (111) and visit the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum.
...happens to be the town I grew up in.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 0
I’m already dragging my family to the USAF museum. They might not be up for another space/aviation museum. But I’ll put it on the list of possibilities for sure. Thanks.
"Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
04/28/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 1
It’s a small town museum...they can only fit so much in it. They have the Aeronca Champ he learned to fly in hanging in there, as well as a couple of capsules and exhibits discussing the space race. It’s as quick a tour as you make it.
Were I still local, I could show you (as in, point at) the actual family properties and such. My dad had a number of business dealings with him and his family.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/28/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 1
Thanks!