More Than Motorcycles

Pastime Campground
Plain City, Ohio

First off, I want to thank all those people who called, emailed, and texted to see if we were okay and offered assistance.

All in all, if something was going to happen, this was the place to be.  Daughter, Misty gave us her car to use while the truck was in the shop.  

The problem with the truck was a vapor lock.  We went ahead and had some preventative maintenance completed on the truck.  Toops Performance in London, Ohio were great.  They even delivered the truck to us 25 miles away.  

We had reservations to tour the Honda Heritage Center on Thursday but cancelled it when we had truck issues.  I managed to get us on a tour today.  

The Honda Heritage Center reminds me a little of the BMW one.  It was self guided, so I'm not sure why you needed reservations and had to show ID to get in.  

Honda took a bold step when they decided to build the Honda motorcycles in the United States. 

This was the first car style made in the United States.  It's much smaller than this photo looks.

I didn't realize that Honda made boat motors.  

I know in the RV world a Honda generator is considered the one to purchase.  Maybe not a 7,000 watt that runs for 18 hours on a tank of gas.

I really wouldn't mind taking this one home with me.  

How many of you knew that Honda made jet planes?

Here's a Honda Jet.  Bill really liked the cockpit with everything lit up.

Do you know what this is?  It's a robotic lawn mower.
Here's what the sign read:
"The first commercial 
robotic product from Honda for use, Miimo reduces stress on grass by cutting in a random pattern.  Mowing just 2-3 millimeters of grass at a time, several times a week, the clippings are so tiny they are easily dispersed into the lawn root system.

Miimo navigates the yard by sensing a signal from a boundary wire underground or around the perimeter of the yard."

Bill kept disappearing and I'd find him over by the Acura's.

I couldn't figure out how you'd open the door on this one, or what happened to the side mirrors.

Honda races everything--from motorcycles to Odyssey vans.

I'm not sure where the name Muscle Milk came from.

If they build it, they race it.

I bet they even race these jet skii's.

Of course I wasn't surprised to see the paint color on this one from Ohio.  Probably every deer hunter in the area has one of these.

There were video games you could play.  I hit the walls many times, trying to race around the track.  The next thing I knew, I was going the wrong way.  Bill did better, but I think we'll leave these kind of machines for the grandkids.  

It was fun, and a free tour.

The receptionist had told us to stop back at her desk when we were done, and she'd have a little gift for us. When we were ready to leave the building, she wasn't at her desk so I don't know what she was giving out.

We really wanted to do a plant tour, but they were booked until sometime in November.  






It was a great day and we managed to squeeze in a haircut and a trip to Costco.  Bill did fill the truck up with diesel at Costco for $2.39 a gallon.  The truck took $99 worth of fuel.

Turtle Safely.......