We made it to Rochester! Wedding tomorrow!! We are staying in a motel. Alice and Chris have fourteen guests staying with them. We are in the same overflow hotel as Bob and Noreen. Today’s photo shows an OV-10. This is the airplane that Bob flew in Vietnam. Thank you for your service. It was outfitted with a first generation laser designator, making his bombs smarter.
We left home, headed east and drove to Dayton. We got here early enough to visit the Air Force Museum. Anne noticed unusual behavior among the other couples. The men would stride off, leaving the women to follow as best they could. One woman asked her, are we having fun? She was, unlike the questioner. We closed the museum. I had a great time and appreciated Anne’s patience.
While working for Boeing, I would routinely travel to Dayton on business. I almost never had the opportunity to visit the museum. Long ago I watched a cheesy Sci-Fi movie called Hanger 18. Starring Darren McGavin and Robert Vaughn its story involved a UFO encounter with the Space Shuttle. Lives were lost and most of the movie dealt with a coverup, culminating with a fiery plane crash into Hanger 18 that burned all of the evidence.
In our family, this movie became lore. Every time I visited Wright Pat, my brother Chris would ask about the space aliens there. I am retired now and am finally willing to come clean. See above photo of the alien flying saucer. 😉
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go. First, Working at the Car Wash. Yeah! Our itinerary includes, Dayton, Rochester, Toronto, Ann Arbor and the Soo. Here’s hoping that the warmth and friendship that we bring with us and meet along the way can be carried to the cabin, because it is freaking cold there now.
