Father's Day Adventures

So yesterday we headed to Ann Arbor to hang spend Father's Day with Abby.

Leah declared she would chauffeur me and off we went. She's become quite a good driver so there was a minimum of screaming involved even though she really needs a bumper sticker that states "Curbs Fear Me".

We met with Abby, and we then headed off to the secret location for my Father's Day.

We drove along and soon found ourselves, to my surprise, at Willow Run Airport.

Knowing me well, they had decided to take me to The Yankee Air Museum.

So they paid the admission fee and we went in and wandered around.

Quite a few aircraft in addition to the gorgeous F-4 Phantom II are on display.

 

An AH-1 Cobra, a  Spad, Harrier, F-84F in Thunderbirds colors and an F-18 Hornet in Blue Angels livery, and an A-4 Skyhawk. 

There was also a nice exhibit on Rosie the Riveter and women in the war effort, as well as many other small things to see and some hands-on exhibits as well.

The kids had fun in the cockpit of the KC-135.  As they "flew", I adjusted the frequencies on the radio stack to Detroit Approach and Willow Run's Tower, and set the Nav aids for the ILS approach for accuracy.

 

As well as a neat display of military rations from 1907 through the issuance of the MRE.

Combat Tea apparently was a thing:

It's a very nice small museum, the docents are friendly and knowledgeable, and it was a great time.

After the museum, we headed back into Ann Arbor and went to Tomukun for Korean BBQ, which was fabulous.  They bring you the meat and you cook it at the table yourself on the table top grill.  We had the thin sliced brisket and the marinated bulgogi beef as well as veggies and some great appetizers.  Simply amazing.

I then took them out to ice cream to finish a great day.  We then walked Abby home and drove back.

A fantastic Father's Day with two of the greatest kids ever.