We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

Errol Groff wrote:
We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

The Auburn, Cord & Dusenberg museum is less than an hour south of 80/90
on I-69. Very cool, not too pricey.

If you like Indian stuff (people, not bikes) there's a little bank in
Fremont, Indiana that has what I've seen referred to as the best
collection outside of the Smithsonian. It's under ten minutes east of
the 80/90 and I-69 junction. They've got some very nice stuff, all first
rate, it's not huge but I've spent an hour at a time in there.

John


Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

Errol Groff wrote:
We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?


Where in Illinois are you staying Errol? ANd what are your travel days?

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:35:53 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:



I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

First time I was there,SWMBO allowed two hours, next time I went alone
and stayed three days - could have stretched it to a week easily.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:35:53 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:


We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org



Depending on the route you're taking and how far out of the way you're
willling to go:

Santa Clause, Indiana
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/in.html

Nashville, Indiana
http://www.nashville-indiana.com/nashvilleindiana.html

Indy 500 museum, Indianapolis
http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/museum/

Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/default.asp

justa a few..

Randy

"Errol Groff" wrote in message
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We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org


If you're going to be near Dayton, Oh, stop at the Picking Copper Kettle
factory in Bucyrus, OH. This is a small shop that manufactures solid copper
kettles exactly as they were made over 100 years ago, using much of the same
equipment. Some of the methods used there would give an OSHA Inspector a
heart attack, but they get around that since the factory is classified as a
"working museum". They have quite a long backlog for their kettles, most of
which are used by candy manufacturers. It's well worth seeing. (I'm gonna
have to ga back again one day soon!!)

John

I concur with Gerry. The AF museums take more than a day.
lg
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:35:53 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:



I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

First time I was there,SWMBO allowed two hours, next time I went alone
and stayed three days - could have stretched it to a week easily.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Hey Errol,

Not Christmas stuff exactly, but your better half might just be
interested in this site.

http://www.preciousmoments.com/

Drive time about a day from the CNC workshop, in the wrong direction
(south-west), and at the wrong time of year (hot!!) of course, but the
place has the distinct flavour of Bronners, except it is in the
freakin middle of nowhere sort-of, and not in a place like Frankenmuth
where there is a lot of other stuff. We got there off I-44, headed
from St. Louis to Oklahoma City, and we didn't go into Carthage, so I
really can't say what is there. Wasn't Carthage somebodies home
town?? Maybe "Mark Twain"??

Hope you have a good show in Illinois, by the way. At least a couple
of our MDMC guys will be there, one as a vendor, one as a
demonstrator. You would have seen them at NAMES in the past.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

ps....if it CHRISTMAS TREES she likes, we have a REALLY BIG operation
here. 14 thousand acres of live trees, supplying a whole lot of North
America in the Xmas season. We're about 75 miles east of Detroit, 15
minutes north of the 401.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:35:53 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:


We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:14:22 -0500, Greg Postma
wrote:

Errol Groff wrote:
We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?


Where in Illinois are you staying Errol? ANd what are your travel days?

The plan is to leave CT on Saturday morning the 18th and arrive in
Galesburg IL Sunday afternoon sometine.

We will be staying at the Country Inn and Suites in Galesburg

Errol Groff

Errol Groff wrote in
:


We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm


If your planning on taking the southern route through Dayton, your wife
might enjoy visiting Longaberger. http://www.longaberger.com

Also in the Columbus, OH. area http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/index.asp

Also along that route you could stop in at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.

If you feel inclined to head North for the ride back and you have some
time you could check out Rock Island Arsenal:
http://www.ria.army.mil/sites/local/

A bit out of the way but a place I really like to wander around:
http://www.irm.org/ (Illinois Railway Museum) They have operating steam
locomotives and loads of other very cool and rare stuff. Don't miss the
machine shop where volunteers machine parts for restorations.

I also like this place a lot http://www.volocars.com/
Most all of the cars are for sale, so the collection changes all of the
time. Sometimes the place is packed with rare cars, other times it's
barely worth the price of admission. They also have an antique mall on
the grounds.

Here is a Christmas shop in Geneva Il. http://www.kriskringlehaus.com/
Geneva is a nice little town with quite a few little stores and shops.
http://www.genevachamber.com/shopping.html

If you can take the time you really should visit the city of Chicago. The
museums alone are worth the time. Especially the Museum of Science and
Industry. http://www.msichicago.org/ Then there is the Field, the Adler
Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, and the Art Museum. Phew! If you wnat to see
a very cool, very large metal sculpture being constructed visit Millenium
Park and check out the "bean", actually it's called "Cloud Gate" see it
he http://www.millenniumpark.org/artand...loud_gate.html
If you want to see what a 1/2 billion dollar city park looks like, make
sure you go there.

I would leave the city via I-90 and take the Chicago Skyway into Indiana.
It will provide you with a gritty view of all the old steel mills and
decrepit factories.

Taking I-80 back to Ct. you could stop at Amish Acres in Nappanee IN.
http://www.amishacres.com/ Too bad you won't be around for the arts and
crafts festival. I've gone to that and it's worth a day.

You might try giving Southbend Lathe Co. a call and see if they will give
you a tour.

Eastward from there there is a whole lot of nothing until you get to
Toledo. If your timing is right you might catch a Toledo Mud Hens
baseball game.

After Toledo the next attraction is Cedar Point:
http://www.cedarpoint.com/
If you like Roller Coasters you have just found your Mecca.

Onward to Cleveland, there is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
http://www.rockhall.com/

After Cleveland I can't think of too much other than the Little League
Museum in Williamsport, PA.

Anyway, I hope you find something to do in all of this. Have a nice trip,
drive safe and try not to lose your mind in PA. I've made this trip a
bunch of times and PA. always seems endless.


--

Dan

About an hour or less? west of galesburg is John Deere in east moline.
You can take a tour of their combine assembly plant. Interesting, and
HOT, no AC in the place. In the same area as the RI arsenal. Also
large JD pavilion in East Moline. Fish around the net for info.
Janesville,WI GM assembly plant tour. Very interesting. Suburbans,
yukons, and prolly others built there. Lots O robots. Hurray, before
it closes.
Cat in peoria. I think they give some sort of tour.
I'd pay money for a tour of what used to be Inland Steel in Gary,IN.
I worked there for 5 days in 70 or 71. Very interesting.
911 changed everything. Really reduced plant tours.
Git the AAA guide & hit the library.

Thaks to all who made suggestions. I have made a compilation of them
and will be taking it with us. We are going to try very hard to see
the Picking Copper Kettle company in Bucyrus OH. That sounds really
interesting!

Small change in travel plans. We will be leaving on Sunday rather
that Saturday as my son has invited me to go to the bih local annual
airshow on Saturday. He scored VIP passes (complete with catered
meal) and we will be seeing the Blue Angles among others.

Thanks again guys for the tips!

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org


On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:35:53 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:


We are going to be in Illinois week after next for the CNC workshop.
Any thought about "things to see" on the way home to Connecticut?

I plan to stop at the Air force Museum in Dayton OH but other than
that I am open to suggestions.

My wife loves Christmas stores so any tips for those would be great.
We visited Bronners Christmas Wonderland while at NAMES in April so
that one is covered. http://neme-s.org/NAMES_2005/NAMES_1.htm

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org