I was pretty tired from driving from Maryland to Michigan after having worked at 11 hour work day on Saturday and into Sunday. So I took my time getting up on July 4th. My family's flight didn't arrive until 11:00 a.m., so I have plenty of time to get to the airport.
I went in search of the world's largest tire, which happens to be a Uniroyal tire off the side of I-94. However, getting to the tire wasn't as easy as I thought it would be as you had to cross some train tracks with no trespassing signs. I decided to play it safe and just view it from the highway.
After filling the car up with gas, I went to the airport in Detroit to pick up my family at the Southwest terminal. We decided to go to Greenfield Village that afternoon. Originally we had planned to go there on July 5th, but the baseball game we were planning on going to got moved from 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., we had some extra time on our hands. So we decided to split up Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation on different days.
After doing some research on the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, I realized it was actually a cheaper option to get a family membership as opposed to buying day passes for both locations. So we did that. As an added bonus, we got 10% off all purchases, food and gifts, while in the park, as well as free parking. In total, I think getting the membership saved us around $40.
Simply put, Greenfield Village was amazing. This was the first time my daughters spent a full 5 hours at a place of learning without fighting or complaining once. They were so into everything going on there, even though it was hot and they were tired.
We ate lunch first when we got in there, as everyone was hungry. The girls got a hobo lunch and loved the bandanas they got with them meal.
After having lunch, we walked through a display of historic homes which had been moved from all over the globe to Greenfield Village for preservation. Some of these houses were absolutely amazing and beautiful.
The girls even had some fun playing a ring toss game.
After visiting the house's, we went to Thomas Edison's area in the park. It was so cool looking at the replica of his laboratory, as well as the street that he lit up.
Next, we got some candy in a building with a really neat clocktower.
Then we let the kids play on this amazing old merry-go-round, as well as a playground next door. The girls had a lot of fun with that.
As we made our way over to the exit, we looked at more historical buildings that were brought to the park such as the Wright Brothers workshop and home and a Ford building that was used to build cars.
Next, we walked over to an area where people were making things next. The girls were fascinated by a couple men making a decanter out of glass. It was so hot in the building, but they both wanted to see him complete his project.
After that, we went to a couple other areas where they demonstrated offset printing, as well as weaving. The girls had a long day, so we decided to head back to the hotel after that. With that said, we loved Greenfield Village a lot.
We checked into the Comfort Inn at Greenfield Village. There Norah took a nap and Avery went in the pool.
After cooling down in the hotel, we drove down to Comerica Park to watch the Tigers in the Indians do battle in the second game of a doubleheader. We got really good seats in the outfield as part of a special sale, or tickets were $17.76 a piece with no service charges.
The girls spent a lot of time walking around the park, going on the merry-go-round, watching every one of Miguel Cabrera's at bats, and even sitting out near the Cleveland Indians bullpen. It was there, that one of the Cleveland bullpen catchers threw Avery a baseball.
At the end of the game, we went over a couple sections to watch the 4th of July fireworks. To quote my wife, "they were quote aggressive." They were an unbelievable display lasting about 10 minutes with a non-stop series of explosions. It was awesome!
On the way back to the hotel, we saw a bunch of fireworks displays going off all over the area. Must have seen 15 or 20 fireworks displays in total.
As soon as we got back, the girls were exhausted and went right to bed. I was a little exhausted too. Detroit was a lot of fun on the 4th of July and this made for an awesome first day of vacation for the girls.
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