With camping season right around the corner and the urge to seize the day on any free moment available, we decided to take a road trip over to Elkhart, Indiana (where 80% of the campers in the USA are made, FYI) to the RV/MH Hall of Fame.
Its a pretty fascinating place to visit. Seeing the evolution of campers, the unique designs, and the different ideas of necessities while camping from the beginning of the era are pretty interesting.
The key word in the following pictures is 'mansion'.
I'm sure camping in the 1950's was not quite the fast pace, pick 'em up and go lifestyle that it is today. Probably because with a 42 foot beast like this and the boat of a vehicle that hauls it isn't going anywhere fast in the first place!
And I am all about the comforts of home while traveling as well as being known to bring a project/book with me to help pass the time. However, I have never, not once, thought.. Hmm.. I wish I could bring my sewing machine with me.
Actually.... that probably not true...
Anyways,
While in Elkhart, we headed over to the Hall of Heroes - a superhero museum.
The Hall of Heroes is truly a gem of a place. This is someone's personal superhero collection. Housed in a two story garage that was built to mimic the Hall of Justice from the DC world. In his own backyard! Pretty cool, huh?
Even more awesome is the owner runs the museum himself! He welcomes you upon entering and gives you a brief explanation of how it all started. From his work as a comic book illustrator to being in the army as a Marshal Arts instructor thus propelling him into the Hollywood scene and being one of the top 5 finalists to playing Robin in he 1997 Batman & Robin movie to hosting local Comic Cons with real celebrities. His celebrity wall of fame (pictures taken with all the celebrities he has met and the autographs) is ridiculously impressive.
His personal collection and part of the museum contains things like Sheldon's Green Lantern t-shirt,
the actual Captain America shield used in the movie...
...and its signed by the entire cast!
He owns Adam West's Batman costume,
the green lantern movie prop ring, and the Deadpool mask complete with white dots used for CGI editing. But thee most coolest thing that he owns, that was actually donated to him....
The 1965 Shelby Cobra that Iron Man crashed into during the first film!
And if you ever find yourself in Elkhart, Indiana, that close to South Bend, stopping into the University of Notre Dame is a must. The viciously strong and wickedly cold wind stopped us from exploring the campus like we would have liked to. But that's okay.
We spent the first two hours of our road trip watching 'Rudy' so it felt like we had been on campus all day anyways.
Finishing watching Rudy in our fancy new van while waiting for the RV Hall of Fame to open.
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