Today was an interesting day. We started out the day by driving around a bit near downtown Detroit. We showed the kids the not so good part of town, and the old houses that were now abandoned. It was an educational look/discussion about the economy. We went to the Motown Museum. It was the actual houses that Barry Gordy lived in and used for the beginning of Motown records. We got to go into "Studio A" (where all the legends did their recordings--The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, the Jackson 5, etc.), and we all sang "My Girl" there. We then had to buy a Motown CD to listen to in the car, for the rest of our trip!
Then it was time to head north towards the "top of the mitt". On the way, we stopped in Frankenmuth. It is where the famous Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is located. We made the kids go inside with us, even though they thought it was a bit "cheesy". It is so huge that they have different sections, and it would be very easily to get lost. We bought a few ornaments, of course. We enjoyed lunch in the little Barvarian town, and then sampled homemade fudge, and then had to buy some fudge.
Then we drove up to Mackinaw City. Dan and Wendy walked around the cute town, and along Lake Huron to see the Mackinac Bridge, which connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. (We will be driving over it tomorrow night.) Tomorrow we go to Mackinac Island.
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| Motown Museum |
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| Mackinac Bridge |
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| Being "Cheesy" at the Christmas Store |
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