have you ever played "ticket to ride"?

Yesterday I went with my brother, his wife and her mother to Eagles Mere, Pa. That's in the Williamsport area of the state. It was part of a church group road trip, which, is funny if you really know me.

I met them at his mother-in-laws, and we drove to the church to meet the others. It's about a 3-hour drive to Eagles Mere. It's in the middle of the forest and began, as a glass manufacturing center, and eventually a resort town. Including a stint as a religious campground. I could have used more time there. I didn't get to walk to the lake, nor did I get to visit the historic village. Maybe next time I'm in that area.

The second, and key spot was the Eagles Mere Auto Museum which has an aviation museum right next door. Both are located at the airfield. You can actually buy a two-fer ticket which saves a ton of money ($6 one, $8 two).

While the others went to the museums, I hike back down the mountain to the road to take a picture of the entrance. I didn't realize how steep the hill was until I walked back up!

The auto museum had a large collection of mid-century vehicles. Mostly 50s and 60s. They had daddy's Ford Galaxy. But no Ramblers. Lots of Chevy's, some Fords. A couple muscle cars from the 70s like GTOs, and a few older including a Model T. Most restored. Some not, like the one above. They also have toy cars and Schwinn bikes. I like my cars more in the 30s and the 40s. Beautiful lines and exquisite typography.

The Eagles Mere Aviation Museum is right next door.  There were vintage bi-planes and aviation related displays. The bulk of the collegetion was in one hanger, But other hangers had exhibits as well. We also watched a few of the vintage planes fly. They are loud.

One hanger was devoted to women in early aviation. I'm guessing that is the rotating "gallery". That was pretty cool.

All the planes had exquisite typography also! I took a lot of pictures. Most of the pictures suck because the planes are so shiny ... I'm in the reflection.

In the main hanger, there was a wall of display items from aviation. Books, magazines, toys, that kind of thing. The things that I'm interested in—package design.

I'm looking and I see this game. It's from the 30s, by Parker Brothers and is called "The Flying Four: The Great International Airplain Race", and below it "The Air Mail Game".

Wait, these look very familiar. They look like "Ticket To Ride", a very popular modern board game using the railroad. It get's pretty competitive and makes winning last week's Parchesse look easy. It makes me wonder if Alan Moon saw this in a museum or an attic or yard sale and said let's make this modern! If I ever meet him, I'll ask.

All in all I walked about 3 miles. Air fields are large. Was it at exercise pace. Proabably not. But that hill was exercise!