Day 14: June 26, 2019 Museum, Museum, Museum Comment via blog

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I bid farewell to Fletcher the Elder when we left the station last night. He would be sound asleep when I picked up his sons for a Balboa Park outing. There are seventeen museums in the park and we considered several before picking the San Diego Automotive Museum for our starter. Among the cars catching our eyes were a gorgeous 1936 DeSoto Airflow, a very rare 1975 rotary powered motorcycle, and a rather bizarre 1947 Cadillac. Made to be driven non-stop, it was equipped with hydraulically controlled rollers to permit on-the-go tire changes. One on its many accomplishments is a non-stop drive from Anchorage to Mexico City. A couple of original placards are here and here.

Fletcher and Noah briefly at rest.

Next up was the Model Railroad Museum where several local clubs have huge layouts operating and more are in the works.

We wrapped up our museum tour at the Museum of Photographic Arts. While I rested for the walk back to the car, the boys studied an interactive exhibit that creates an image of what the camera at lower left is seeing from tiny images of what it has seen before.

Fletcher the Younger, an excellent driver, then drove us home where Kayla and I took turns taking each other's picture while the boys served as props.

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