We also visited the Evergreen Aviation Museum. We followed a tour guide around the museum and listened to his explanation of each plane on exhibit. Before the guide moved to the next plane on the tour, he would ask if any one had any questions. Lydia's hand flew up and the tour guide said, "Yes, young lady, what's your question?" Lydia asked, "When are we going to see the big one?" We all had to laugh because the "big one" was the "Spruce Goose" and she took up nearly the entire museum. There was no avoiding her.
However, we did finally get an up close and personal of the one of a kind ship of the air. The Spruce Goose was the last stop on the museum tour. The plane is made almost entirely out of wood, although mostly birch, not spruce. She was intended to carry either 750 troops or two Sherman tanks and 500 troops--pretty impressive. I think Paul's eye balls finally found their rightful places back in their sockets on the car ride home. He's been building all sorts of replicas of the planes he saw out of Legos this week. His favorite was the Corsair. The boy is crazy about planes.
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What was your burning question for Mrs. Maxwell and what was the answer? Would it be edifying for other moms or homeschoolers? Tell Paul that Brian will want to hear all about the museum and planes. He has wanted to go to that museum since we moved out hear and just has not had a chance.
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