Part 11 here Today we went to the National Museum of Air Force. To be honest, we are not big fans of the planes, but this Museum opened a new Presidential exhibit recently, so we decided to take a look.…
Sabbatical 2016. Factory Day
Part 10 here First thing in the morning is to call the Toyota Factory, to get the information about tour. Unfortunately, no places are available. Oh well, let’s just go to the Visitor Center and see what is going on…
Sabbatical 2016. The Mystery Hill
Part 9 here After RV Museum we headed to the place where three borders of the states are met. They are Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. It is located right on the country road, but I hope that there will be…
Sabbatical 2016. Elkhart RV Museum
Part 8 here In the morning we went to the Museum, showing history of RVs or motor homes. I spent a lot of time observing the process of the vehicle creation. After that we went to look to the actual…
Sabbatical 2016. Not a train ride
Part 7 here OK, today is the day when we will ride the train to San Francisco. Tickets were bought in February, first to the train, then to the plane from San Francisco to Chicago. But I have a strange…
Sabbatical 2016. Chicago Museum of Science and industry
Part 6 here All day today we will spend in Chicago. The plan is to go to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, then meet with Andrey’s school classmate that lives here. But first we need to wash our…
Sabbatical 2016. Crayola Experience
Part 5 here Today we will visit the Mall with Crayola Experience activity center. There only 3 of them in the US – in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Florida. Statue with crayons greeted us when we entered the mall.Everything is very…
Sabbatical 2016. Matchstick Marvels
Part 4 here After a long drive yesterday we decided to sleep a little bit longer than usual. But still, we have five hours of road in front of us so we need to hurry up. After breakfast and packing…
Sabbatical 2016. 1880 Town
Part 3 here Andrey and I take turns driving, so after my turn ended, I fell asleep. Suddenly I woke up and found out that car is not moving anymore. Turned out that while me and kids enjoyed the sweet dreams…
Sabbatical 2016. Mt. Rashmore
Part 2 here Today it will be very hot outside – close to 100F. We would like to do as much as we can while it is still cool outside but that means we need to get up really early. However,…