Waynesville, OH July 6 - 8

News flash!   GPS systems (at least THIS) one have difficulty finding small towns and campgrounds!  We left North Bend and drove to Waynesville.  We drove in pounding rain with very limited visibility on the interstate and luckily it stopped when we left the interstate and were taking two lane roads toward Waynesville.   Again we had to call the campground to get final directions.

The Frontier campground was very nice -- and I was glad to see that we had a platform to step out onto which was helpful when it rained.   We went to Mass that afternoon and then found a Pizza Hut in Centerville, about 6 miles from Waynesville.

Sunday afternoon we drove into dayton and visited the National Park service Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center which had excellent films of the Wright Brothers' flight and Paul Dunbar's life.
The Center included some of the Wright Brothers' equipment and the opportunity to have hands on experiments with propellers and attempts at controlling a plane.   Also housed in the building was a parachute museum.   Next door was one of the Wrights' bicycle shops.  

Unfortunately Paul Dunbar's home was not open for tours.   Paul L. Dunbar was born in Dayton in 1872 and was one of the first nationally and internationally recognized African American writers in the US.   He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, plays and song lyrics.   He died in 1906 of tuberculosis.

Monday we drove back into Dayton and went to Carillon Historial Park, which was founded by Colonel Edward Deeds, NCR Chairman and founder of the DELCO Corporation and his wife, Edith. Mrs. Deeds fell in love with carillion music while in Europe and wanted to build a Carillon in Dayton.   In 1942 on Easter Sunday Mrs. Deeds player the Deeds Carillon and eight years later her husband opened the historical park with displays that focused on Dayton's transportation, industry and inventions. The park is 65 acres and contains the Wright 's 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical airplane invented and flown in Dayton by Orville and Wilbur Wright.  There are 25 buildings to explore, and a cafe which serves lunch.

Tuesday we hitched the trailer and headed 65 miles up the road to Jackson Center to the Airstream factory to have our trailer realigned.   Airstream has a nice parking area with full hookups for those of us coming a distance and needing a place to stay.  

Wednesday a.m. we had to "button up" the trailer for travel, and the Airstream folks pulled it into the shop at 7 a.m.   We met some very nice "Airstreamers" and enjoyed talking about our various trailers and our experiences.  We were back on the road to the Canton are by 11:00.