Wilbur Wright birthplace and Museum

On the route home we passed near Hagerstown, Indiana. 4.5 miles out of Hagerstown is a museum that honors Wilbur, the older of the two Wright brothers. The setting is a rural farm and has recreated buildings of the original farmstead. There is also a museum with a full scale replica of the original first flight plane. The museum was set up so you could walk around the full perimeter of the plane and get right up next to it. This display allowed me, for the first time, to understand how they "bent" the wing to create more lift allowing them to bank the plane while turning.

A late lunch and back on the road to hit rain and when a State Patrol car with his lights and siren on came by, I moved over and ended up in an exit lane that put me through a run-down portion of Indianapolis. The street was all potholes and stoplights for about 5 miles of a 16 mile detour. Once back on the correct Interstate I was able to drive out of the rain after about 30 miles. We are safely settled in Peoria for the evening. Hope there is no rain tomorrow.Read more