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Published: July 20th 2022
MEXICAN TOWN
A beautiful mural in the heart of Mexican town depicting Freda KahloSaturday 16th.... Back at Tim and Debs at Novi which is about 30 minutes out of the cbd of Detroit. We took off to the City of Detroit to have lunch in Mexican Town, what a gorgeous little corner of Detroit City, we had an authentic Mexican lunch at Los Galanes and of course a pitcher of margarita, it was delicious. Then off to the Detroit River Walk to catch a one hour boat cruise along the Detroit River, the river flows west and south for 24 nautical miles from Lake St Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes. It was a great way to overview the city of Detroit and on the other side of the river is Windsor in Canada. We thoroughly enjoyed it taking in the Ambassador Bridge which separates USA and Canada, also saw the fire fighting boat on the river, as Tim's Dad was a firefighter in the day and was actually on this boat in the early days of his career and Tim as a kid used to sit down on the grass near there. Also a cute little mail boat which delivers mail along the river to freighters and boats
MEXICAN TOWN
Los Galanes was yummo and the margaritas were fantastic $24 for a litre coming and going out of Detroit and it has its own postcode, very unique, the only one of its kind in the world, another great day finished off with a party at Tim and Deb's niece's home for the retirement of her husband, it was great to meet Tim's family members and it was like a big garden party.... such a welcoming bunch of people on a beautiful balmy night in Detroit.
Sunday we had a lay in and a yummy cooked breakfast by Deb, then we took Tim's car and off to the Great Lakes factory outlets, Costco and Total Wines and More before heading to friends of Tim and Deb's for early Sunday dinner, another great bunch of people, lots of laughs, magnificent roasted steak with all the trimmings, fine wine and great company, Bridget was the consummate hostess, feeding about 14 of us.... another great day in Michigan.
Monday Tim lent us his car again and we spent the whole day at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village all on the one block of land but two separate attractions. Where do I start, it was magnificent to see, even if you are not interested
MEXCIAN TOWN
Gloria Bakery with all the traditional Mexican sweets in cars, it is a whole lot more! The majority of buildings in Greenfield Village have been moved from their original places and bought to be reconstructed in the village. Every single one had a story and a commentary of who lived there and where it came from. Huge area of approximately 80 acres, we arrived early as soon as it opened so missed a lot of the crowds who come later. A lot of the village was focused on Thomas Edison who was a prolific inventor who had 1093 US patents including the light bulb and the phonograph. You can take a bus, T model ford or steam train around the Village. The museum is housed in a lovely art deco building and has lots of different cars the Presidential cars, all models of cars, caravans, campers, aeroplanes, power engines, old generators, whole display of farming equipment some of which we were familiar with. You could spend a couple of days here really but we managed to get around most of it. Back to Tim and Debs for a yummy BBQ dinner and a few wines and fell into bed.
Tuesday Tim and Deb's very kind neighbours, Tim
LOS GALANES RESTAURANT
Even the restroom basins had a Mexican theme. No 2 and Lori, invited us to join them on Cass Lake on their boat for the afternoon which was so much fun and the weather was hot 30 degrees and a bit humid but with a lovely breeze on the water it was perfect! Cass Lake is just wonderful and is within the suburbs of Detroit only a 30 minute drive from Novi, where he has his boat stored in a private boat club, just need to give them 30 minutes notice and they take it from the storage shed and have it waiting in the dock to take off! Cass Lake is huge covering 1280 acres and is surrounded by beautiful homes and even more gorgeous tiny little cottages from back in the day that are still standing. We had a great afternoon, loaded up with beers, snacks, fruit and prawns, stopped in the shallow part of the lake for a swim and did the whole circuit of the lake, back to dock leaving the boat to be taken out of the water and to the change room to get changed. Then onto the Uptown Grill for a delicious dinner with a couple of Moscow Mules and beers.
MEXICAN TOWN
Had loads of Mexican trinkets Back to Tim and Deb's to iron clothes, pack and get ready for our flight tomorrow Detroit to Frankfurt, two and half hours transit and then onto London. Michigan has been an absolute surprise to us having only known about it from Tim and Deb, one of the most gorgeous states we have been to and to make it all so much more enjoyable our consummate hosts, organising our total tour, so generous and accomodating ,love them to bits! Also thanks to Blake and Suzy for making the effort to come all the way from Lafayette to join us xxxx UPDATE Qantas Travel Money Card, still cannot draw anything out, but they have promised to have a card waiting at our friends Philippa and Gino's in Nottingham around the end of the month and hopefully that works, but are providing us with emergency cash at different locations along the way, thank god for credit cards.
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Rhonda
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How fantastic to have such beautiful friends!!!! Tim, Deb and their friends and family have been so wonderful. Detroit sounds just so interesting. Thanks for the great commentary Glor and the photos. Love to you both xxxxx