Dayton to Toledo

Our host and his roommates cooked an amazing breakfast for everyone this morning: pancakes, eggs, bacon; it was great! Josh and I headed out right after.... to the Air Force Museum! ....

Right when we arrived, we saw a sign that said "Free Tour Starts Here." The tour was just about to start, and we thought it was perfect timing! I think that was the biggest mistake ever. The tour started off with maybe 20 people, and our tour guide mentioned interesting facts about the oldest planes in the museum. However, the tour group slowly started diminishing... until it was just Josh and me and an older couple. The reason? It is a 4+ hour tour of the entire museum!!!!!!!!!

I explored the gift shop and watched the educational videos while Josh took (literally) hundreds of photos of planes. He picked these out because they're his favorites:

And this one is my favorite!

The tour finally ended when the museum was closing. Yes, we were kicked out of the museum! Josh and I hopped in the car and headed to Toledo. We got into the city in the evening and just had time to hang out at our host's house for a bit before getting to bed. Our host, Adrienne, has lived in Toledo her entire life and gave us great suggestions for things to see and do in the city. I will actually be moving to Toledo in June, as I'm starting with Campbell's Soup as a Supply Chain Engineer that month. :) Josh and I decided to visit Toledo so I could do some apartment hunting before I move out here!

My "ho" for today was when Josh asked the tour guide, like an hour into the tour, if we'd be seeing the Valkyrie. The tour guide said yes, so Josh stayed on the tour. But then 5:30 PM came and the museum was closing, and we still hadn't seen the Valkyrie. As the tour guide was ushering us back to the front of the museum, Josh reminded him about it, and the tour guide kind of absentmindedly glanced around the hanger we were in and apologized, saying that it must be getting worked on. I felt so bad for Josh - the one plane he really wanted to see and he didn't get to see it!! There is only one Valkyrie in existence and Josh has been wanting to see it for a long time... but I don't feel that bad, since he got 4+ hours of planes anyway. :)