Busy couple of days

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

We have been real busy the last few days, so I will catch everyone up. 

Tuesday, Mom and Dad took me to Camp Bow Wow for the day to play with some new friends.  While I was playing, they went to Greenfield Village for the day.  It's another one of those places from the past, and was build by Ford.  Mom and Dad had a good time, except Mom didn't care for lunch.  They went to a Tavern and they had a real Tavern menu (Mom just wanted a sandwich).  Dad had an egg and bacon pie and Mom had chicken salad that had NO taste - it was just shredded chicken in mashed up hard boiled eggs with no spices or anything.  Oh well.



Mom and Dad in the Model T

 But, for the fun stuff, they went for a ride in a model T car.  They had a bunch of cars and trucks taking people for rides around the village.

Then Mom saw some kids playing in the middle of the village with "old fashioned" toys - the only problem is, she used to play with these!



Mom and her neighborhood friends 
used to walk on stilts - but not in a skirt!








Then Mom and Dad walked down the street to the Machine Shop and they got to make their very own brass candle sticks on a 1917 Brown & Sharpe Turret Lathe! Mom said she will be adding this skill to her resume!

Dad is really getting into this....

...so is Mom!



OK, you have to look REAL CLOSE to see these!
Now Mom and Dad can have a romantic candle lit dinners!
















That all happened yesterday, and today Mom and Dad went to the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, but, of course, you are not allowed to take pictures in the factory.  They watched how a Ford Truck was build, and Mom said it was very interesting.  There sure are a lot of parts to a truck!  They even make their own metal here from ore, so they really start from scratch when they make trucks.  After that they went to a movie so they could stay inside and away from the heat.

When they came to pick me up, I was having a wrestling match with Jack (in the air conditioned play room, of course), and I almost had him when we were interrupted.  Dad said that may be the last time I get to go to doggie day care, but we will see.

It has been oppressively hot and humid, but we are all drinking plenty of water and staying inside as much as possible.  Thank goodness the A/C is working real good in the trailer!  Tomorrow it's supposed to be 99 degrees with a head index of 110!