Scattered Thoughts . . .

There is an Aviation Trail of historical sites in the Dayton area (seven or eight sites in total, I think).  These are sites associated with the Wright brothers and, although we were not intending to knock off any part of this entire list, we did happen to visit most of the sites on this list during our stay in Dayton!  Two of these sites are within a couple of blocks of each other on the west side of downtown Dayton.  Hmmm....  actually...   I think there are three sites within a few blocks of each other and we saw all three.   First, walked over to the site of the Wright home on Hawthorn Street.  The original home has been moved but a replica porch still stands on the corner lot.  Also, there is a replica of the home that was built by a neighbor across the street. After visiting the site of their home on Hawthorn Street, we walked over to the Wright-Dunbar Heritage Center.... Next to the Heritage Center is one of the Wright brothers' b...

After we gave Lukey and Kenzie a relatively short campus tour at the University of Dayton , we drove the few blocks over to Woodland Cemetery.  Kenzie was a bit perplexed that we (or anyone, for that matter) would be visiting a cemetery but I knew this was a place I wanted to visit.  Sheila and I missed a visit to this cemetery the last two times we were in Dayton so I wanted to get here this time.  It is right next to the UD campus so it would have been silly for us to skip this visit since we were staying at UD.   I have always held a very deep interest in the Wright brothers since elementary school.  In fact, one of my first research essays in elementary school was about these two brothers.  I've done larger research papers on them in high school and college.  My father had purchased a few small books about the Wright brothers at my request (we regularly were given books that we chose).  By the time I was assigned to Wright-Patterson Air F...

Our next scheduled trip is to the lake house this summer and we need to start gearing up for that as soon as the weather allows us. We might also try to squeeze in a short weekend trip to someplace outside of Vermont to do some much needed shopping but that will be more of a spur of the moment thing. We are, however, planning to make a quick trip out to Dayton in the coming months. This next Dayton trip is finally on our schedule and we are asking around to see if anyone might want to join us. National Museum of the US Air Force We're way overdue for a trip to the Dayton area and the National Museum of the US Air Force. Since we were there last, I've been honored on the "Wall of Honor" and missed an official dedication ceremony due to my poor health so we'd really like to see this new "Wall of Honor".  Although we've been wanting to visit Dayton again for years, this particular trip was put on hold over and over due to other commitments using...