On this day I left Bloomington headed east towards Delaware, OH. The day could not have started better eating breakfast with Dusti's mom and grandpa, and then having coffee with Liz. I absolutely love talking with Liz. She is one of those special people in the world that glow with the light of love. Whoever she decides to share her life with will be a very lucky person.
This picture says a lot to me. I am into motorsports and have watched many races at Indy. However this is different as a little over a year ago, I sat in a chair at my friends house watching the Indy 500 a week after having back surgery. I had a fusion of the L4, L5, S1 spinal segment. Here I sit 8200 miles into my road trip with some back pain, but nothing compared to where I was a year ago.
I also stopped at the United States Air Force Museum. I got the AF bug when the B-52s out of Carswell AFB used to fly directly over my apartment building at Summit on the Lake. I was only 8 or so at the time but the bug was persistent. I wanted to be a pilot until a few of them told me I would never fly with my poor eyesight. My dreams weren't completely crushed as the AF provided me with plenty of opportunities to feel a part of the flying machine that is the AF.
The SR-71 Blackbird was my favorite plane as a young teenager. This huge plane was so fast it was classified. I later found out that it leaked fuel while on the ground because the plane would heat up when it got up to speed allowing the panels to expand. The museum had three variations of this plane type as it took a few designs to get it right.
WWII buffs will recognize this plane immediately. This is the plane that dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki killing 35,000 people almost instantly.
I have many more pictures that will be available in a gallery after the trip is complete.
The museum is free and open to the public and features 4 huge hangers full of aircraft, a missle silo full of missle tech, and various other displays. Bring your walking shoes and plan to spend around 3-6 hours here if you want to see everything.
I ended up at Delaware state park in Ohio. The camping was adequate and just out of cell phone range as usual.
I am now headed to Niagara Falls, before I head towards the east coast.