After a quick night in Alpena, MI along the beaches of Lake Huron, we made it through Flint (without any knife wounds) and into Detroit the afternoon of the 13th of August. We stayed with Jimmy's godfather Danny in his very charming 50's-era red brick bungalow. From there, we were able to explore Big Jim Gribbin's old stomping grounds, and the downtown area of the city. I (Dale) have never been to Detroit before, and I was very surprised at how clean the downtown was...the whole place has a very cool feel to it, like it's been through the ringer so much that the residents that still make up the populous are very proud of their roots and want to keep it up, even in the worse-off socioeconomic areas. It truly is a tenacious metropolis, with very awesome freeways, I might add :)
Between trying to break into the Joe Louis to crash an employee's baby shower, Spanish films, deciding whether Lafayette's or American has the best coney, seeing John Lee Hooker, Jr. perform in Ann Arbor, and being in Recording Studio A of Motown Records, the Motor City was an eye-opener and a crazy good time:
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