Time Flew, Part 2

In the interest of trying to keep my postings short, and ensuring that people read them, I decided to break up last week into 3 parts.

Thursday - We took a tour of the Renaissance Center, GM headquarters, which in turn gave us a spendid view of Detroit as well as Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Apparently, Windsor is the only point of Canada that's directly south of the United States, according to our tour guide. Speaking of tour guides, this lady was a piece of work. We took the train into the city, and it got there about 3 minutes past the 2 PM tour. The lady said that we could still catch them, since the next tour wasn't until 2:30 - and the kids were already getting antsy. The woman at customer service downstairs was great, she walked us to where the tour was and said that we were joining them. The tour guide was taken back, as there were 3 adults and 7 kids, and she obviously didn't want us in her group. Well, after being told she was going to take us, she welcomed us and we went on our way. Our tour consisted of seeing the Riverwalk, the setup of the building, and the 72nd floor restaurant atop the Marriott Hotel that was the center tower of the 5 tower complex.

The top picture is the view of Joe Louis Arena, where the Red Wings play hockey. I zoomed the camera in, so it doesn't really look like this close from the tower. The bottom picture is of the Caeser's Hotel/Casino in Windsor, Ontario. I know it's cliche to rip on the urban part of cities in the U.S. and I grant you that the cliche about Canada being so clean and organized is also at play in my comments, but here goes: Detroit is so freakin' nasty and dirty, yet Windsor looked so clean and pleasant from the top of the building. Both cities had Casinoes (Casino's?), both cities had apartments, roads, cars and such. Just looked so much nicer across the river. Oh, well.

Friday - Rachel and I assisted Sarah in helping get together the cake for Sabrina's birthday party. Sarah had a plan to make a cake from smaller cupcakes and frosting them in a certain design. It was a great success. With Sarah's help, as well, our gift to her was the hit of the party. We got her a baby stroller, pink teddy bear, and Allison picked out a bubble whistle for her. The stroller didn't leave her side all night, and when we packed up and left in the morning, she was up and already pushing that thing around before breakfast. So, thanks to Ben, Sarah and their family for inviting us into your home for the week. I hope we weren't a burden, and that we can see all you again sooner rather than later.

Love to all.