Anniversary Trip #5

Here it was-my turn to plan our trip again. What would I do? I was reading a magazine and it mentioned that the 'Historic Baseball World Series' would be during our anniversary weekend. Ok-this sounded interesting-Michael would love the baseball part, and I would love the history part! This trip took us to. . . . .









Dearborn, Michigan!!




For those of you not familiar, Dearborn is home of 'The Henry Ford'. It is this huge, beautiful campus of museums, a theatre, and what is known as Greenfield Village. We stayed at a hotel conveniently located right beside an Einstein's Bagels. We LOVE Einsteins! Saturday was the big 'World Tournament' for the historic baseball. We felt like we were back in 1867! The vintage baseball clubs not only dressed like they did back then, but they also played by the same rules! What a fun experience!







The rest of the village was amazing too! It had just about everything a real town would have and the amazing thing was, was that it was all authentic, historic buildings-all with a story of some sort. We visited the courthouse that Abe Lincoln once practiced law in, and Henry Ford wanted it so authentic that when they moved the building from out East, they drywall was taken down, ground up, and reapplied when in was brought to MI.





For lunch, we ate at the Eagle Tavern. It was originally built in Clinton, MI in 1831 as a stagecoach stop for weary travelers. The food was all food that would have been served back then, and even the drinks. We got a effervescing drink in which we drank through a long noodle 'straw'.





On Sunday we toured the museum. This was amazing! Everything from the 'Rosa Parks' bus to the chair Lincoln was assassinated in to the limo that Kennedy was assassinated in and the camp bed that George Washington slept in. What history!
















Sunday was our actual anniversary, so that was special just to think back on this exact date and day to what was happening at that time. We listened to our wedding ceremony on the way home and again, just took in the miracle of our lives together. Before we got home, we stopped and ate dinner at Eddie Merlot's (thanks to my sister, Marissa, who gave us a gift-card!). The meal was delicious and it was just nice to be able to enjoy a special dinner, yet before we arrived home to our little pumpkin! Thanks Lynn for taking such great care of him! I did not worry about him at all while we were gone! I could really relax and know he was in good hands. This was a wonderful trip and we would definitely like to go back again someday and would encourage all who are interested in history especially, to check out Dearborn!