Candlewood Suites Detroit-Ann Arbor

... for gifts and souvenirs on the return trip...<br><br>There's a old travel rule of thumb..."Never travel with more than you can run with for a quarter mile."<br><br>Gotta' work on that.<br><br>Thanks to 'Beca, Mark and Layla for their marvelous hospitality! It won't be three years again before we visit. Save the milkweed! Save the Monarchs!<br><br>Adeau America!<br>

... Or Even for FREE!" Workshop. NASCO is always great. Did you know that NOW is the Golden Age of Student Housing Co-ops? It's true! Hundreds of new co-op units are being designed, funded and built in many cities...including Austin! http://www.nasco.coop/ TOMORROW IS OUR LAST DAY IN AMERICA... We are doing a number of interesting things in the Motor City, then packing it in and flying to Paris! Stay tuned! Jim Radio and the WMDB

Phew... Going through US Customs was a bit trying... No searching but a lot of questions meant - I supposed - to catch us with something bad... Who knows. We did not loose any meal. We're in the middle of a fairground, with a weak WiFi but OK. The only analog TV channels are from Detroit but the Detroit area offers 22 digital channels, many <br><br>Longer day than expected but we grinded the flying condo to a halt. No problem other than a sticking lock on the propane door.

Mrs. Here....<br><br>Mr. and I are heading South this Sunday in our 5th wheel. First Stop is Taylorsville Lake State Park in Kentucky.<br><br>We plan on taking 5 weeks and end up in Texas for 6 months.<br><br>We are first timers in a 5th wheel and are hoping we will still be speaking ...

... for ponds and marshes!) I think it's because we have a much longer rainy season. Here in Michigan it is lovely fertile farm ground punctuated by small towns and straight roads, lakes and marshes. I drove up to Ann Arbor (AA) to meet Cendra Lynn, the head of Griefnet and 'my boss' since I perform maintenance on the website for Griefnet. According to Cendra, AA is a small town which is home to a university, populated by bohemians, former hippies of the 60s ...

Flight arrived in DTW on time. I had lunch and cigarettes at the FOX Sports Bar. Spent the next two hours at the lounge before going to the gate. Unfortunately, our flight was running late. We left 45 minutes behind schedule.<br>

Here are the links to my pix! (Though they're all Facebook albums, you can see them without an account through these links.) Yay! Enjoy! Pekin Express II: Peru &amp; Ecuador - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 395690&amp;l=8c540 ...

... space travel would feel like, like for Ender. You stay young while all those left behind grow older. It's an odd feeling every time I return from a trip or even when I went away to college. So much feels like it has changed! But I am happy for the developments in my friends' lives. And know that mine has changed too, perhaps just not in as tangible a way. OK, time to end this travelogue. To all my friends still traveling, safe returns~

... for Sinclair. "I present a moving target," he said. His beard is gray these days and he'd love to experience another miracle like a MacArthur grant or the appearance of some wise and inspired patron to help fund his work and art. His laugh is hearty and contagious. But he is perplexed and saddened that the nation and culture he began challenging more than 40 years ago is in the worst state of his lifetime. Asked about Lennon's song, Sinclair said, "I light up ...

... stops around town and then I went to the Nature Park on Bancroft Road but the mosquitos were really bad so I moved on. I went to Secor Metropark and was able to take a bucket shower at a water pump there. I did this with a plastic gallon milk container that I had cut the top part off of but left the handle. I could fill this up and dump it over my body and ...