Thursday, 24 October 2013
Indianapolis and corn fields
Saturday 10th August 2013
Today we went to the Indianapolis speedway for a look. There were no tours operating due to an event that was being held. We had a look around the outside and then we had a look through the museum. After that we got some lunch and started to head for Detroit. Found a nice little motel right in the cornfields on the outskirts of Detroit. I have always wanted to run through a corn field so here was my chance. About a minute after looking in the corn we saw a snake and that killed that idea. Tomorrow we head to Detroit before we fly back to Vegas.
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| Indianapolis speedway |
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| water fountain |
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| entrance to middle field under track |
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| motorbikes on track |
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| history of indianapolis |
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| museum |
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| corn fields near detroit |
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| looking at the corn |
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| hiding in the corn |
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| snake! |
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| little bugger |
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| view from our motel room |
Saturday, 10 August 2013
pennsylvania trolley museum
Thursday 8th August 2013
Today we went to visit the trolley museum which was just out of Pittsburgh. The museum was very cool and it combined a 4 mile track that they took you for a ride in a trolley along. They had a shed which was full of restored and unrestored trolleys as well and that was interesting. They also have the fully restored 'street car named desire' trolley form the movie. After the museum we continued on to Columbus Ohio as we make our way to Indianapolis. The hotel in Columbus is meant to be really nice.
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| the trolley we rode on |
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| along the route |
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| about 30 trolleys in this shed |
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| regularly used trolleys |
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| me being silly |
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| desire |
Friday, 9 August 2013
air and space museum, discovery shuttle
Wednesday 7th August 2013
Today we left our hotel at Greenbelt and went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Chantilly Virginia. There is a Concorde, space shuttle and a black bird on display as well as a heap of other planes. The museum was brilliant. We have now seen two space shuttles with 'Discovery' being the most famous completing 39 trips to outer space. Spent a few hours there before we hit the road again to travel to Pittsburgh. It was about a five hour trip and we arrived quite late to our hotel. Went out and got some Denny's for dinner and then called it a night. A couple of things to look at in Pittsburgh and then we are off to Columbus Ohio.
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| air and space museum chantilly virginia |
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| black bird |
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| discovery space shuttle |
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| boeing 707 |
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| concorde |
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| view from tower |
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| traffic jam out of virginia |
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| tunnel on interstate |
Thursday, 8 August 2013
washington dc
Tuesday 6th August 2013
txt to come
txt to come
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| smithsonian air and space museum |
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| capitol hill |
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| food vendors all lined up |
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| fountain in sculpture garden |
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| another museum |
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| washington monument |
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| white house |
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| lincoln monument |
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| very tame squirrel |
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| reflection pool |
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| lincoln monument |
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