Our Day In Abilene

Our day started with two estate sales, and we found treasures in them both!

Next we searched for the fabric store, which had moved from the advertised location, but luckily right across the street from a hardware store. I found some pretty red material...for an eventual project, I'm sure!

As we were walking around we came to this great new and used bookstore. I found something for Brandon and Cary found a history book.

Last, but not least, we went to the Russell Stover Chocolate Factory!

Besides all the yummy fudge in front (yes, we got some), they have a back room with sale priced seasonal candy. Cary got a Valentine's box of 75% off candy--and it still tasted wonderful.

Tomorrow our friend Pam is driving here from Peabody to tour the Eisenhower library with us, and there is a Chisolm Trail Festival too!

More travels

Before we started out from Minden, Cary took my camera over to take this picture. He was just fascinated.

Red Cloud, Nebraska, home to Willa Cather.

Willa's home

A hardware store--we actually purchased something for the trailer.

I couldn't believe there was actually a fabric store here too. The owner is just recovering from heart surgery! She had a cochlear implant about 12 years ago, so she and Cary chatted while I picked out material.

Cary was intrigued with these stone pillars.

I can't remember now what was so interesting to him. So when I find out, I will add the info!

Pioneer Village

The Pioneer Village museum was created by Harold Warp to highlight more than 50,000 items from as many fields of human endeavor as he could find!

I thought we had seen every car possible between all the museums we have visited over the last several years, but a poster hanging in one of the buildings here said that 2600 cars were built in the United States over the years.

Here we are on a trolley car!

I think this is the room that focuses on television history--for you, Sheila.

A cute little sewing machine with its own cabinet and chair!

This room was highlighting hobbies. You see buttons, but my camera's batteries were dying, so you missed the zillions of stamps, salt and pepper shakers and more. Check out more on the website!

http://www.pioneervillage.org/

two more days

We left the Amana Colonies campground early, with clouds and cool weather surrounding us.

A '40 Ford truck in front of a place of business, I think "Dave's Garage" waas painted on the other side of it.

Our spot in Grimes, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines, a place called Cutty's.

Below, Cary stands in front of the Speedway Race Museum, a 3-story museum that took over 3 hours to tour--worth every minute!

This one is actually a clone of the actual car. The driver, Tiny Lund, didn't make payments on it, so it was repossessed.

You can only see part of the 1007 lunchboxes on display!

This pedal car was made for the little boy in the picture. Eventually it went up the family attic, found after the boy's mom died. The glass was still in original condition. I am not sure how it got in the museum.

Probably close to one thousand pedal cars in the museum...the unrestored ones are on a different level.

Each of these record albums is here because they have car sounds on them!

Created by one of the Poseys--may be called an Excaliber.

An Italian car, designed in France, and the name escapes me but it starts with a B and ends with an i! It took ten years to build, weighs 6000 pounds, the hood ornament is crystal and cost $20,000! It also has dispensers for hot and cold water inside.

This Tucker was one of three used in the movie starring Jeff Bridges. I believe it is number 24 out of the 51 made.

There were so many stories and so many vehicles, wish I could remember more.