Day 5: Ohio

Started the day in Dayton, Ohio. It really is getting hard to keep track of where we are at any given moment. The cities and hotels are becoming one big blur.

After breakfast and the daily schlep to the van, we went to the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There were two massive hangars of airplanes, including the original

Wright \”B\” Flyer flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

We saw replicas of the Sopwith Camel (made famous by Snoopy from Peanuts) as well as retired planes manufactured by Boeing, Lockheed, Martin and McDonell-Douglas, among others. There were hundreds of plans to view and they are building a third hangar to house to ever-growing collection. I wish we had more time to explore all there was to see.

Next, we went to see the Wright Memorial, basically a hunk of marble with a plaque, in a beautiful park with a grand view. Socrates enjoyed it best as he got to mark a bunch of new shrubs and trees.

Another long drive awaited us, so we hit the road after lunch. Destination: Cleveland. We pulled into the city around 7 pm, our total mileage for the trip passing 1250 miles. Over 25% of the driving is now behind us. I think we are on our fifth tank of gasoline and have driven over 24 hours. We will take in some sites tomorrow before leaving for Niagara Falls, NY, our first stop where we will have an extended stay. We are very much looking forward to that!