The Model Museum

Uncle David and his family came down Monday, but I had't really gotten to enjoy their visit because of school. So yesterday since I didn't have classes, instead of the kids doing school school, we made it a 'fieldtrip day', and spent the day together! It was so much fun! A few months ago, Mom had read in our local power company paper about this man who was 90-something, and for most of his life had had this hobby of making models - airplanes, cars and trucks, ships, spaceships, tanks, trains... you name it! In the 50s, 60s, and 70s when the plastic model kits were really popular, he really had fun with it, and by the time of the article, had put together a total of almost 4,000 models!! For a long time, he had wanted a place to display all his projects, and so about a year ago as a surprise, his sons converted an office building one of them owned into a small museum - lining each wall from floor to ceiling with shelves, and having a separate room for each 'category' of model! It is open for public viewing in the afternoons, and for small groups in the mornings.
So yesterday we all (Mom's parents, Mom, Uncle David and Aunt Winny, Trissy, me, and the two cousins) piled into two cars for the drive down there to visit this little 'museum'.
It was amazing!! The place was floor to ceiling models! The son who had first had the idea for the museum was there to meet us, and kindly took quite a lot of time showing us around, telling stories about his father, the models, and interesting historical facts about the actual machines they were modeled from. We spent only a couple of hours in there, but you could literally spend days looking at everything, asking questions, and it was a 'collector' photographer's dream!
As most of you know, my camera is dying :""( but I was able to get a few picture, poor quality though they be. Hopefully I will be able to post some of them soon, just so you can get an idea of what it was like. We hope to go back soon when Dad isn't working, and can be with us!
When we left the museum, we went and ate out ( ! ) (we hardly ever eat at a restaurant!) at the Golden Corral (any of you ever been there? It was our first time) and had a delicious and leisurely lunch, enjoying being together and just breathing freely for a time - away from our individual and hectic schedules. It was so nice!
After that we came back and spent the afternoon at "the grandparents' house" until time to leave for church. It was such a relaxing, fun, refreshing day! Isn't it great how the Lord knows just how much to let you go through, and then He will send you a little 'lift' just to help you keep going? He is good!

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Feb. 3, 2010

"It's a... Classic Car Convention?"

Here are some of the car pictures from the Model Museum. There are other models I'll try to post later.

Sorry about the poor quality, but... *rolls eyes* my camera...

At least I got some! ;)