With grandson Reed spending the summer with us it was a good time to take Reed on a road trip to visit his uncle in Michigan. Reed was only 14 months old when he last saw this uncle.
The first day of this visit was a trip to Greenfield Village (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Henry_Ford#Greenfield_Village), an outdoor living history museum that includes buildings from the 17th century to the present, many of which are staffed by costumed interpreters who conduct period tasks such as farming, sewing and cooking. I visited Greenfield Village as a child when I was only a few years older than Reed is now.
There are various modes of historic transportation in the Village providing rides for visitors.
The first day of this visit was a trip to Greenfield Village (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Henry_Ford#Greenfield_Village), an outdoor living history museum that includes buildings from the 17th century to the present, many of which are staffed by costumed interpreters who conduct period tasks such as farming, sewing and cooking. I visited Greenfield Village as a child when I was only a few years older than Reed is now.
Along with chickens, cows and horses, there is a demonstration of mucking horse stalls and then applying it on a field.
A replica of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex from New Jersey.
Reed got to see a demonstration of Thomas Edison's first phonograph record and then play back a persons voice.
Reed and his uncle checking out the underside of a steam locomotive at the turntable and roundhouse.
Reed and his uncle at the Ford Rouge Factory, the manufacturing facility for the Ford F-Series truck.
The Ford Rouge Factory allows visitors to watch the assembly of Ford F-Series trucks. (no photo allowed inside the plant)
Reed taking his photos of the River Rouge Plant.
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