I am spoiled.
Every year my sister and I plan adventure’s for the other’s
birthday. Another birthday rolled around
this past Monday. According to the
Oxford English Dictionary, I’m now the definition of “middle age”. (< Thank you to Steve for letting me know
this). Not too bad…. I spent all last
year saying I’m 45 already and it
was a fabulous year so it’s OK to re-live it, right?
Early Monday morning my sister, Lorna, picked me up and
headed off. Destination unknown. We are great in car trips – we can gab away
the hours and love watching the world go by the car windows. 140 miles later we pulled into Kalamazoo.
I’ve got a gal… in Kalamazoo!
We spent the
morning in the Kalamazoo Valley
Museum: The Kalamazoo Valley Museum
is a "hands-on" museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The museum is largely
aimed at families, and focuses on science, technology, and history.
Although small,
it had an impressive assortment of displays and programs (including the Challenger Learning Program and Evidence Found: Explorations in Archaeology). They utilized their space phenomenally and
the museum had a great flow about it.
Truly hands-on – we had to try everything! I regret I don’t have pictures from the
hands-on weather exhibit – we were too busy playing! But I did take pictures of us live in the newsroom!
One of the
main features of the museum included the history of Kalamazoo. It included Checker Cabs, Gibson guitars, and
medical breakthroughs.
And even
though the museum had limited space, they did incorporate some very pretty
scrap quilts in their Kalamazoo in the Union (Civil War) collection. My favorite is the log cabin mourning quilt
with the embroidered binding. It really
made me itch to pick-up embroidery needle.
Afterwards,
we headed over to the Olde Penninsula Brewpub and Restaurant and off into the
sunset for geocaching.
Another amazing day in the record books!
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| Elisa and Lorna at "Big Red" Holland State Park |
