Mandy's Birthday - 2019

We went to help Mandy and family celebrate her Birthday

Happy Birthday Daughter!

Mandy's Mini Cooper

Mandy called to tell me she and Sean purchased a summer vehicle. Turns out they got a 2008 Mini Cooper S convertible. This was the last year for the first generation convertible. Being an S model means it is supercharged. By all accounts drives like a street legal go cart.

Augusta Park

We stumbled across this new play ground in Augusta, Kansas and found it was lots of fun to explore

Greta is all set to explore

Wesley on the rings

Gotta have a slide

Instead of the slide you can climb down the cross bars

This portion of the  playground has a swing suspended from a trolley and you launch from a platform and follow the track around

Union Pacific Museum in Council Bluffs

Our time for travel through Council Bluff, Iowa finally aligned with the hours the Union Pacific museum is open. This was most interesting for a railroad buff. It is found in a former Carnegie Library and is a well done display of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad.

You can find a RR Speeder car on the side yard of the Museum

I found these storage lockers to be very attractive

The video ticket agent gives a well done introduction to the museum

There was a good history of the M series streamliners and the various routes they covered

This was a most interesting exhibit regarding seating comfort for RR seats versus their  automotive and aviation competitors

Models of passenger cars interiors showed common arrangements

Interesting stairway wood work

Lincolns Presidency had a tremendous  effect on the railroads

Chinese labor was utilized to build the railroads

Other parts of the museum showed the technology of railroads

The former library architecture is quite attractive