24 Jun 2010

Seriously…we went to hell…

Hell Michigan, Livingston County … 42°26′05″N 83°59′06″W
This place exists…for real…

It’s population is about…215…and you wouldn’t guess it by the 2 buildings..(a store and an Ice..((wait for it)) SCREAM shop) but ya..it’s there.

It’s pretty cool to see these lil towns…I enjoy this and love exploring.

It’s funny what you find in these backroads, instead of taking the big interstates, we ventured off into the minor highways.

We were driving at a normal speed when I slammed the brakes in front of the Brembo factory. (No pun intended) We saw beautiful country homes, awesome landscape and roads you just want to throttle down on…mind you…the state troopers and Sheriff’s here in their menacing Dodge Chargers make you think twice.

After heading down I69 towards Indy..we finally ran into trouble…

Smacked a really hard bump on an overpass and as luck would have it my driver side tail pipe clamp took the beating. A quick grab of a 10mm wrench and the tail pipe was our third passenger for the trip to Fort Wayne. I’ll borrow a lift in Indy and bolt it back up.

Ahhh….the joys of driving a lowered sports car on a long road trip…

So we’re checked into a Hotel in Fort Wayne Indiana, just enjoyed a great dinner and are gonna simply…do…nothing tonight…

It’s onto Indianapolis tomorrow so check back!

Cheers!

Jun 24th by Bannon

Nothing but Tornadoes around here…was quite the light show last night…I was pretty sure that Catherine was gonna find an underground bunker and hide out for the night.

But ..today is sunny, gonna be hot, and we’ll be hitting the road once again.

The trip over the border was ok…not much of a delay. I did learn however that the WR04 does not like..when put together, height, heat, and traffic.

The Bluewater bridge that connects Canada/USA via Sarnia/Port Huron is a tall….TALL bridge with the customs on either side. When you reach near the top the traffic starts. We were at 233ft up when we had to stop in traffic. We actually stopped the WR04 right on the border line which was kinda cool.

Bluewater Bridge

Stopped the WR04 right on the line

There are always interesting things to see along highways that you’re not familiar with…kinda like this warning sign:

DO NOT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS!

We thought it was quite amusing lol 🙂

So…after some dinner, drinks and good times with our family here in Detroit..we’re of to explore the rest of Michigan!

Stay tuned!

Jun 24th by Bannon