Henry Ford, Harry Potter, and Ash Inhalation

Life has gotten busy, and I haven’t had the chance to write up a trip I took with my niece and nephew in July 2011. So, why not do it now?

Our trek took us to Michigan and the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. This was the weekend Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II opened, so I had the foresight to buy tickets for Saturday night at the IMAX there. Woot!

Upon entering the museum to pick up our movie tickets and buy tickets to the museum and village, we were treated to quite the HP cardboard cutout display. The niece and I had goosebumps.

My love for the Snapester knows no bounds!

The Harry Potter Pilgrimage

I had absolutely no interest in reading the Harry Potter series or even in seeing the movies. Then, my niece became a huge HP fan. She talked me into reading the books so we could discuss them. By the end of the first book, I was hooked.

Since then, we’ve had Harry Potterthons (watched movies 1-6 in one weekend), replete with homemade butterbeer. And, I got to see my first big-screen HP movie with her on opening night for Deathly Hallows Part 1.

So, to round out our Year of Potter, we visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando during her Spring Break.

We did other stuff, too.