Our Alistair “alarm” woke us up at 5:45am this morning, sigh. Much later, we visited the birthplace of our trusty F150 truck at the Ford Rouge Factory. The factory tour was exceptional. The assembly line was in full-swing upon our arrival, with many workers installing everything from speakers to side mirrors to seat beats to tailgates. We even saw the two robots that install the windshields. It was fascinating and the two introductory videos (alongside the dancing robots!) were educational and really entertaining.
After lunch, we spent a few hours at the Ford Museum of Innovation. It was impressive and is in competition for one of the highest quality museums we have ever visited. We saw the bus where Rosa Parks took a stand, the car in which Kennedy was shot, and one of only two Dymaxion houses invented by Buckminster Fuller, who also created the Epcot Centre in Disney World. We also saw the very first mustang convertible. Did you know that it was a store model that was purchased by a pilot from Newfoundland?
On our late afternoon drive into Ohio, we weathered three separate pouring rainstorms and are overnighting in the parking lot of an abandoned restaurant just outside of Mansfield.
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