Detroit

Friday afternoon found us heading to Jason & Carrie’s for the weekend. I have no pictures of our trip north, probably due to the rain and heavy traffic which made for stressful driving and a late arrival time. After a good night’s sleep and delicious breakfast, we loaded the boys in our van and followed Jason & Carrie’s vanload of girls (and Caleb) to the Henry Ford where we planned to spend some time at Greenfield Village.

A parking lot incident and pouring down rain complicated the start of our day - - -

- - - but, being as flexible as a group of sixteen can be, we headed to tour the Ford Rouge instead, which is one of two (I think) factories in the country that makes all the Ford F-150 trucks.

Photography wasn’t allowed in the actual plant intself, but the rest of the building offered interesting activities and displays which everyone enjoyed.

Heading back to the Henry Ford on the tour bus – which was a fun experience itself.

Back at the Henry Ford, we found half the front lawn was occupied by a rocket club, which was shooting off kids’ rockets; the rockets would pop a parachute at their highest point and then drift down. The other half of the lawn was taken over by the Detroit Multirotor Company which had a drone racing obstacle course set up – pretty amazing. Some of these drones were allegedly going 80 mph down one stretch of the course!

Lots to see - - -

while we enjoyed snacks and waited for this show.

Ford Rouge Factory Tour bus -

Waiting - - -

watching - - -

See the headgear? These guys were using cameras mounted on the drones, flying FPV (First Person View) as they raced. Fascinating hobby.

Lots to see.

Still waiting - - -

We weren’t disappointed.

Well worth the wait!

Back to Jason & Carrie’s for supper and a nice evening for all.

Thanks Rauhes for your wonderful hospitality. Love you all!