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Day 2: June 25, 2024 Heritage Tour Comment via blog |
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In typical LHA fashion, the conference features an east and a west. Not
quite typical, is having two buses going different directions each day
with riders pre-assigned. I was assigned to the East (Heritage) tour on
Tuesday and will be part of the West (Highways and Byways) Tour on
Thursday. It wasn't raining when we departed although it looked like it
should be. Heavy clouds were overhead and before we had gone far things
became so dark that automatic lights turned on. It did eventually start
raining which you might be able to see in the second picture. Photos from
a bus are never very good and the extreme darkness made them pretty
useless. There were a couple of hop-off photo-ops but they occurred after
it started raining and I didn't bother.
After temperatures in the 90s during the last few days, I could not imagine feeling cold but it was still raining when we had to exit the bus at Fidler Pond Park for lunch and it really was a bit chilly. Lunch was in an unwalled pavilion and was somewhat late in arriving. With the delay, the rain, and the chill it's hard for me to believe I took no pictures but that's the truth. |
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The rain had stopped when we left the park and by the time we stepped off
of the bus in Goshen the temperature was quite comfortable. Our first move
was to check out the 1907 Goshen Theater. The theater was built in 1905, burned
down in 1906, and was rebuilt in 1907. The most recent renovation was
completed in 2019.
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We then walked up the street past some cool shops to the
Goshen Historical
Society Museum.
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We reconnected with the bus near the police booth and courthouse. I have
seen the police booth several times but today was the first time I have
been inside.
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The next bus stop was at the Recreational Vehicle and Motor Home Hall of Fame
where we saw RVs and MHs of every size and vintage.
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The second floor offers an overhead view of some of the vehicles and that
is where pictures of all Hall of Fame inductees are displayed.
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This was an optional end of day activity. I don't have the words to
describe and my photos do not do justice to this
phenomenal collection of collections. There are cars of all sizes
including several Elkhart manufactured Elcars. There are toy trains,
Disney characters, a Christmas village, and lots of signs. The number of
classic peddle powered cars and tractors is incredible.
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The range of full sized cars on display is just as incredible.
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The collections were assembled and the museum constructed by David and
Denise Sanders who are two of the nicest people I've ever met. David
explained that the large number of Gulf signs is because it was the
closing of a Gulf station where he worked in high school that led to a key
job offer. I believe he said that the green car matches one he drove as a
teenager.
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