Thursday, June 22, 2017, Grand Rapids, MI 

Day 42

After a quiet and peaceful night at the Clio Walmart, we headed 70 minutes to Lansing and took a self guided tour of the State Capitol, built in 1879 and designed to look like our National Capitol building. Sat in on the Senate proceeding for a few minutes. Next we visited the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. Artifacts of the life of Ransom E. Olds, the founder of Oldsmobile. Included was information on his failed 4.5 million dollar attempt to create a resort paradise in Oldsmar, Florida, on the north end of Tampa Bay. The museum had many antique Oldsmobiles including an original 1897 Curved Dash Oldsmobile, the first mass produced automobile. The original is on loan from the Smithsonian so this museum could create a replica with the exact scale. There were only 4 of the cars made in 1897 and this is the only one remaining. We then headed to Grand Rapids about 90 minutes away and checked into Walmart at Henze Drive for the night.