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Car collection museum

This is Bill's Backyard Classics cars museum in Amarillo, Texas.

The pins represent where visitors to the museum are from. We were the first to put a pin on the map for Camden, Arkansas.

We also visited Escape the Trap House. We didn't escape, but came close. Destiny had fun.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not (3 of 10)

Ripley's Believe It or Not

Right across the road from the Ferris wheel was a Ripley's Believe It or Not. There are more than two dozen of these 'odditoriums' around the world. It is called this because the things you find in these museums are odd, unusual, and unique.

On December 19, 1918, the first Believe It or Not!—then called “Champs and Chumps”—was published and featured a collection of sports oddities Ripley had saved. Soon after, in 1922, Ripley embarked on his first around-the-world trip and published his travel journals, which led to the very first Believe It or Not! book in 1929!

The first Odditorium opened in Chicago, Illinois, at the 1933 World’s Fair. Inside the museum were dozens of Ripley’s famous cartoons, live performers, and hundreds of strange and exotic artifacts Ripley acquired on his worldly travels.

Destiny under black light.

https://www.arkansascarl.page/2023/12/grand-country-buffet.html (4 of 10)

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Titanic Museum (5 of 10)

Titanic Museum

Our first stop Friday morning after leaving the condo was to go to the Titanic Museum. Destiny was very excited to go to the museum. She hadn't seen any of the movies, including the most famous by James Cameron, but she does of course know the story.

Destiny was Master Frankie Goldsmith and I was George Rosenshine. These were real people on the Titanic. On each of our boarding passes was a biography for each. As we went through the museum, we were able to not only see recreations of what it was like on the ship for each class, the children, and crew. They also provide lots of facts, including information about the many dogs that were on board.

There were many artifact recreations from clothes to jewelry to tableware. And all the staff were dressed in costume and acted in character.

This was the best thing we experienced in Branson on our two day vacation. We took our time, and at the end was a gift shop where we found many quality and fair priced souvenirs. I bought a new jacket for Destiny and a few others things for Christmas gifts. I will make a separate blog post about Christmas where you can see the other things we got here and at other places.

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Branson Hollywood Wax Museum (7 of 10)

Branson Hollywood Wax Museum

After a quick lunch a McDonalds, we went to the Hollywood Wax Museum, which offered several activities. The first was Hannah's Maze of Mirrors. Followed by the Castle of Chaos, a 4D shooting game. Then, Shoot for the Stars mini-golf. And finally, the wax museum itself.

https://www.arkansascarl.page/2023/12/silver-dollar-city.html (8 of 10)

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WonderWorks, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

We did go into Gatlinburg, Tennessee, one day, but just to drive along the main road. There was too much traffic, and too many people.

Another day, we went into Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which wasn't nearly as busy. While there, we saw several interesting places, and decided to visit one of them. This upside down looking building turned out to be a kids science museum called, 'WonderWorks'.

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Jet ski and museum.

Another day, when the weather was nice, we rented a WaveRunner jet ski for an hour. It was an absolute blast. I haven't driven a jet ski in a long time, and Destiny was a little nervous because she had never been on a jet skit before.

It didn't take long and she was having lots of fun.

After we finished with the jet ski, we went to a local historical museum.

This was an old school house, and they had many different things exhibited from the early 20th century.

Of course Destiny didn't recognize most of the things. Many of the things I only knew because of my parents or grandparents.

Just relaxing at camp.

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Teacher Carl travels to Washington D.C. (American History Museum)

First, a quick picnic lunch of crackers and cheese on the National Mall.

And next, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

I think this was our favorite exhibit.

Early fire engine.

Looking out one of the windows while at the museum.

The gunboat, U.S.S. Philadelphia.

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Teacher Carl travels to Washington D.C. (Walking around D.C.)

We took a Lyft to the Ford Theater, where President Lincoln was shot. The line was too long for it and the house he died in, so we walked toward the Natural History Museum.

Ford Theater

Long line.

House across from the theater where President Lincoln was taken after he was shot.

F.B.I. building

Department of Justice building

National Archives building

We will go to the National Archives building another day to see our nation's founding documents.

Finally, the Natural History Museum.

And across the National Mall is the Smithsonian Castle.

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Teacher Carl travels to Washington D.C. (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)

We made to Washington D.C., and on our first day, we took the Metro to Union Station, where we spent an hour trying to find where we were supposed to catch the D.C. Circulator bus to take us to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Lunar lander model, and hanging above it, the actual 'Spirit of St. Louis' airplane, which was the first airplane that flew nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Model of the Hubble Telescope.

A model of a space shuttle main engine.

A small model of the International Space Station.

X-15

Replica of the Wright brothers' airplane, the 'Wright Flyer'.

Bell X-1

SpaceShipOne

Spirit of St. Louis

Models of Voyager 1 and 2.

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Rutan Model 76 Voyager, that flew around the world nonstop.

U.S.S. Enterprise, from the television show, 'Star Trek'.

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Spring Break 2019 (National Museum of the United States Air Force) Dayton, Ohio

We spent an entire day in Dayton, Ohio, exploring the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The pictures below are in reverse order that I took them. We started with the early years of flight. Next up were World War I and World War II. Followed by the conflicts with North Korea and Vietnam. Then we came to the Cold War era. There was even a section dedicated to missiles. The last two sections focused on more modern era aircraft and included several presidential aircraft, as well as a mock up of the space shuttle. They even had several different flight simulators, including one where you can land the space shuttle, and another where you go on a space walk at the International Space Station, using VR. The museum housed more than just U.S. examples. It also had examples from Japan, Russia, Germany, France, and England.

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Spring Break 2019 (Creation Museum)

On the second day of our Spring Break vacation, we planned to see two major attractions. The first was the Creation Museum. This is where the theory of creation proves the Bible is fact, not fiction. I think my favorite part of this museum shows how the myth of dragons were in fact dinosaurs.

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Father's Day weekend

The third Sunday of June is Father's Day. On Saturday, I went with my younger daughter to Magic Springs, then to Mid-America Science Museum, and to see 'Incredibles 2', and finish the day, we ate at Larry's Pizza.

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Sharing old photos.

First, let me introduce my older daughter, Suzanne. She likes animals, including snakes, coloring her hair, piercings, tattoos, and Harry Potter.

This is Suzanne's snake, Banana.

This is our guinea pig, Moe.

And now, this is my younger daughter, Destiny. She is twelve years younger than her sister. She likes 'Frozen', animals, watching cartoons, and playing.

This is her school, Victory Christian School, which is only a ten minute walk from home.

This photo was taken just after Destiny was baptized.

This was in Little Rock just before Chinese Spring Festival 2018.

It was very cold to go see the lanterns and performers.

This is an old car we saw in a parking lot going into Walmart.

We were at Mid America Museum in Hot Springs.

Just before baptism.

Halloween 2015 at the nearby White Oak Lake State Park.

This is a little water park our town put in for the kids to have fun during the summer.

This is from Destiny's eighth birthday part.

This is at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.

They have a real submarine, the U.S.S. Razorback, which you can go in. You can see a video tour here.

It was the longest serving submarine in the world, serving for 26 years in the United States Navy, starting in 1944, followed by another 31 years in the Turkish Navy.

This was our 2017 Christmas tree.

My little girl's bed.

I chop about ten different vegetables to make a large salad. The salad is seasoned, and I will have a little salad dressing on it for my lunch, and sometimes dinner each day. I keep the salad refrigerated, and it will usually last all week.