The Three Days Home

Hello Everyone!
I'm writing this post from the comfort of our house. We arrived last night at 12:09. The picture that I took for the previous post was snapped just as we pulled up and I immediately posted it. However, this post is not about last night or today but rather about the last several days. I'm sorry that there aren't any pictures, but is very difficult to get pictures from my iPod on this blog. But, I am working on a slide show of pictures from our whole trip. Many are ones that my Mom and Dad took and are spectacular pictures. I will try to get that on by tomorrow night.

Day 13:
We left Maine and started south. On the way, Dad saw a sign for Lowell National Park. Lowell was the first industrial factory in the United States. He decided to stop there. It was very interesting. We got to see fabric weavers in progress, as well as read and learn about the beginning of the Industrial Revolution as well as the conditions of factories during that time. We stayed there for three hours and then continued down the road. We made it to Albany, where we stayed the night.

Day 14:
We left Albany and drove. and drove. and drove. We made it to Fremont Ohio, which is outside of Toledo. Not much happened, except that this was the last night we stayed in a hotel.

Day 15:
The final day of the trip! (Sort of. I'll get to that in a second) While eating breakfast, we noticed a flier on the table. It was advertising the Presidential museum/library of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president. It is not an 'Official' Presidential library, because it is not affiliated with the Federal Government, but that didn't mean it wasn't a great museum! We got to learn about Hayes' life in the military, governorship, presidency, and his life afterwards. There was also an exhibit on the War of 1812 in Ohio, as well as an extensive weapons collection which included pieces of the USS Maine, weapons carried by men killed at Lexington green, as well as cannonballs fired from every war up until the Spanish-American War. There were also many Chinese weapons from the Chinese Boxer's rebellion. We spent several hours there before hitting the road. We stopped at our first Steak'nShake ever. It was really, really good. It was so good in fact, that we ate there for dinner to! We entered Iowa at around 8 o'clock and

Day 16:
got home at 12:09, just 9 minutes into day #16. We were welcomed by our Aunt Lynn. We unloaded the truck, and then went straight to bed. I hope that you have enjoyed reading about our adventures, and I'm sorry that I have been a little behind on the posts. The last post will be the video/slide show. Thanks so much for reading!
JM