We had storms rolling though on and off all day, so spending the day at camp was NOT an option. We decided to drive to VA to visit the other Smithsonian Air & Space museum - home to the Enola Gay, the Concord and tons of other planes, fully intact. This place is HUGE. There is even a space shuttle! Tim was amazed to see the Enola Gay. This is the plane that dropped the bomb that ended WWII. At work on Monday (remember, he works in a retirement community) he was sitting around at lunch (they eat where the residents also have lunch) chatting about his weekend and when he mentioned seeing the Enola Gay, a gentleman at the next table jumped into the conversation as......he was one of the men in the plane that day and was the one that dropped the bomb. He provided lots of interesting information, so very cool. He was excited as he thought it was still in dis-repair, but he will be visiting the museum very soon.
This was President Truman's helicopter. The first president to fly in a helicopter.
There is even an air traffic control tower. We rode up 200+ feet to the observation deck. It was a great place for Kendyl to crawl around.
We had storms rolling though on and off all day, so spending the day at camp was NOT an option. We decided to drive to VA to visit the other Smithsonian Air & Space museum - home to the Enola Gay, the Concord and tons of other planes, fully intact. This place is HUGE. There is even a space shuttle! Tim was amazed to see the Enola Gay. This is the plane that dropped the bomb that ended WWII. At work on Monday (remember, he works in a retirement community) he was sitting around at lunch (they eat where the residents also have lunch) chatting about his weekend and when he mentioned seeing the Enola Gay, a gentleman at the next table jumped into the conversation as......he was one of the men in the plane that day and was the one that dropped the bomb. He provided lots of interesting information, so very cool. He was excited as he thought it was still in dis-repair, but he will be visiting the museum very soon.
This was President Truman's helicopter. The first president to fly in a helicopter.
There is even an air traffic control tower. We rode up 200+ feet to the observation deck. It was a great place for Kendyl to crawl around.
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