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ing, "I can't wait, I can't
hen's the last
wait").
time you visit-
And when the children had
ed Greenfield
had too much of walking, we
Village? Often,
just hopped on the train, for a
those born and bred in Michi-
one-time fee, which toured
gan have never gone, or if they
the perimeters of the village,
did it was on an elementary
with various on/off points.
school field trip so long ago
Also available are narrated car-
they don't remember a thing.
riage tours, wagon shuttles
Gather up your bunch and
and a cruise of the. lagoon on a
spend a day (or evening) away
genuine steam-powered river-
from TV and computer games,
boat.
going back to the days when
Literally a village, the site
technology was new and peo-
has various plantations, mills,
ple were awed
shops, a post office, tinsmith,
by the human
The
school and every-
capability to
think up such
carousel had thing else one would
have encoun-
creations.
Greenfield
sparkling lights tered 150 years
ago. Shops are
Village is 81
open
for
business,
selling tradi-
acres of an outdoor museum
tional American goods. There
complex that celebrates the
also are various workshops and
spirit of innovation in Ameri-
demonstrations, including glass
ca. Henry Ford created Green-
blowing, blacksmithing, spin-
field Village in 1929,
ning and weaving. You can
collecting homes and work
make your own brass candle
places including Noah Web-
holder or dip a beeswax can-
ster House, the Wright Broth-
dle.
ers Home and Cycle Shop and
Granted, my little compan-
his own birth house (not bird-
ions
probably did not pick up
house, as Michael, my 4-year-
on the birth of technology, and
old assistant, was disappointed
later
that evening Michael had
to discover).
no idea whose birdhouse we
Though it was a hot and
had visited. But they all had a
muggy day, Michael, his 2-1 /2-
wonderful time. And it was
year-old sister Jessica and 6-
nice to see them get so excited
year-old sister Lauren barely
over childlike things: feeding
noticed the discomforts during
the ducks in the stream and
our visit. In fact, they whined
counting fireflies on the walk
less than their caretakers — es-
back to the car.
pecially when they caught
sight of the old-fashioned
Greenfield Village hours
carousel, complete with
are 9 a.m.-5 pin, every day.
sparkling lights that illuminated
$12.50; $6.25/ages 5-12;
the dusky sky (little Jessica
free/4 and under.
stood gripping the fence repeat-

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