Today, we slept a little late, but then got up and took the coach with all the animals, and the Roadhog (our runaround vehicle of choice) to The Henry Ford. The day was spent in Greenfield Village and then the tour of the Rouge Factory. (the plant that makes Ford F-150 pick-up trucks)
The Village is 900 acres of beautiful scenery, old model Ts and lots of quaint, antique and historical buildings. Even the theater where Linclon was shot! Did you know that Henry Ford started working for Thomas Edison in his Illumination Shop? The Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop is here, too.
We rode our Roadhog around the whole Village, a real blessing, I don't think I could have done all that walking!
Then we took a bus to the tour of the Factory, the production line was not running...they are on M-Thurs. 2, 10 hr. shifts. They produce 1,100 vehicles in a 24 hour period. That's a lot of vehicles. We saw a movie, showing the way it all started, the assembly line, etc. Henry was against the Union, but they eventually won out. The plant is entirely self-contained...he made his own steel, windshields, etc.
No wonder he did okay during the war.
Tomorrow, we plan to go to the Museum, The IMAX and the automotive Hall of Fame. Then, if we have time, we're going by Kalitta Motor Sports. Years ago, Jimmy used to have an air freight company and we did a lot of the maintenance on his airplanes. Connie Kalitta's airplane hanger used to be 1/2 airplanes and 1/2 dragsters......I'm sure it's a little different, now.