Cars!!!

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Ryan and I aren't really car people. I mean don't get me wrong: we love cars. We love owning one and using it to get around - and we especially love the air conditioning in it on days like this one. But we aren't car enthusiasts. We don't go to car shows or know much about the history about old cars or any such thing.

So when I told Ryan that one of the big activities to do in DeKalb county was going to a car museum, he raised an eyebrow. I told him I knew it wasn't really our thing, but I thought it would be good for us to broaden our horizons and try.

Well, we spent two and a half hours inside that museum, so I think it's safe to say we found it to be fun, despite not being car people. (I only drive that point home to say to you that even if you aren't a car person, I really think you would find this a fun place to visit.

It was a big blessing to us on a day of trying to find inside activities to find a big old air conditioned museum to visit! If you do go, you should know that there is an admission fee...and it's $12.50 per adult. (We thought we definitely got our money's worth from it.)

So if you're not familiar with this museum, it's called the Auburn Cord Deusenberg Automobile Museum, and it pays tribute to the auto industry right in that very area. (The Auburn Auto Company was founded back in 1900.) They made all kinds of vehicles through the years before ceasing production in 1936. They eventually transformed the building into a museum to showcase old cars, and that brings you up to speed with what we visited! (A full timeline of the company can be found here.)

We took tons of pictures...you could be here all day looking at them! Aren't you glad I'm not going to make you do that? :)

I'll show you a handful of the pictures we took of the cars, but I'll also show you some of the fun we had.

We decided cars (much like houses) of yore were so character laden. Every single one had such unique features.

So THAT'S why they call them trunks...

Bars in cars...

Fascinating dials and knobs:

(Ryan thought it looked kind of like an airplane inside!)

Sometimes backseats need their own windshields:

Lovely reflections:

We each picked out our favorite:

Pretty nice of us to come dressed to match them, wasn't it?

All these cars were on the big, first floor showroom. We tried to get some pictures to show you how impressive that floor was!

Photo credit for the panoramic goes to Ryan. He did a great job!

We went on to other rooms to check out more fun things - and there were photo opps up there!!

And there were more cool cars!

We found a typing station with an authentic old-fashioned typewriter. I had to play.

Indy 500 cars of old and new varieties:

We even found the Haynes Apperson car display - which featured Kokomo cars!

Ryan sneaked into the official museum family photo:

And he took one more panoramic:

We had such a fun afternoon there. We learned some things, saw cool old cars, and enjoyed every minute. We highly recommend!