The owner of Shady Grove, a converted chicken farm, grew up on the property. The main part of the museum is two converted chicken barns. In the bottom photo you can see that the front of the barn was renovated to create a show room look, similar to an auto dealership of the 50's, complete with a bright, shiny car displayed in the window. There is a sales office with old office equipment, and a parts department stocked with oil cans and many new and used auto parts, some still in their original packaging. As you marvel at the old coke machines and automotive posters on the wall, you suddenly notice that there is a small entry into the back area of the converted barn, what in a real auto dealership would be the service bays where the repairs and maintenance would be done. When I stepped through that small door I was greeted by a sight that quite simply amazed me. Remember that I had never been here before and did not really know what all was here. Tomorrow I will show you what was in the 'back room'.
I am writing this on Wednesday, and in a few hours we are going to the airport to pick up and bring home the lost remnant of our family tribe. It has been three weeks since last we saw them and I am quite excited, to say the least. According to their last communication with us, they were ready to come home after having had a wonderful time in Ireland. They now need some routine in their lives, and of course the boys really need a big hug from their Grand Dad, or is it the other way around?
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