We started by exploring the old caboose before heading inside. The boys got instructed on how to operate a model train by one of the junior engineers.
Then we went into see all the models. I always forget how much my kids love exhibits like these. They spent a really long time in these 2 rooms. Watching the trains and the city replicas. They had a little Thomas the Train model set up in back that the kids could operate. Annika loved that part.
After I pried them away from the trains we headed to our last stop. The WNC Air Museum. Again it was pretty empty, which means we got a really great tour and history of all the of the planes in the building.
There was a gyroplane that they could sit on. And the kids got instructed on how to get into the planes without breaking the wings and were allowed to sit in this WWI aircraft.
There were lots of models and experimental planes. A few unfinished and never flown planes that the museum is working to restore/complete.
All day we had been seeing the biplane flying overhead, so we stopped to watch it land and take off before we left.
And that concludes our tour of Hendersonville. Big cities have a lot to offer, but sometimes small towns hold little known treasures that can make for a wonderful day.
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Very neat! Looks like a great time with a ton of stuff experienced (and therefore, learned.) I can't believe you had to pry them away from the trains... :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a day out that any youngster would love.
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