Hall of Flame...

After Christmas Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Jonas, Kacey (Jonas' girlfriend) and the employees of their business came out to visit for a few days.  Of the group there were 3 current or retired firefighters so we decided to visit the Hall of Flame museum.  Although from the outside it doesn't look too impressive, once inside we were thrilled and completely impressed with all of the cool firefighter memorabilia and trucks the museum has.  Plus the people working there were super nice and even gave us a personalized guided tour.

We were able to see firetrucks from the late 1800's and even one of the firetrucks they brought down on train from Milwaukee WI to Chicago to help fight the Great Chicago Fire.  The tour guide told us many stories about each of the trucks and even showed us a truck they have from Iowa.  It was really neat and I think everyone enjoyed it.  Although we were limited on time, we didn't get to see everything in the museum so I think we'll be going back again.

For anyone locally who hasn't been there, I'd definitely recommend it.  The boys keep asking us to take them back there.  It may just be because of the "real fireman's suit" (for kids) they have for sale in the gift shop but I think they liked looking at all the cool trucks too!

Until next time,
Angie