Detroit Trip!

So Mike, Jemma and I just went to Detroit with Mike's parents to check out the Henry Ford museum. In general, it was a very good trip!

Thursday: 
We left Thursday after work around 6pm (a little later than planned since Mike ended up with a water leak in the basement when he was fixing a pipe). We picked up Jemma at Beckys around 6:30 and stopped on route 40 at a Wendy's for dinner. After driving for a few hours, we stopped in Somerset, PA at a hotel for the night. We had a bit of a wrong turn and ended up in the mountains on some back roads, but that just added to the adventure.

Friday:
We got a little bit of a late start but that's ok. Jemma started to get tired of being in the carseat and getting fussy, so we decided just to stop at the Cayahoga National Park for the day and not try and make it to Detroit in time for the factory tour. The park was very nice and we took a scenic train ride and saw a stunning waterfall! Then we headed up the road to Detroit and checked into the hotel and got dinner at a nice Italian restaurant near the hotel.

Saturday:
We went to the museum and got breakfast there in the little eatery (not good for breakfast) then toured the Rouge plant which I think is really interesting! Then we spent the afternoon touring the museum before heading out at closing time. For dinner, we went to Mallie's which is the home of the largest hamburgers in the world! I tried to talk everyone into a 10 lb burger but no one wanted it and Mike and I ended up getting a 3lb burger to share. It wasn't great but it was HUGE!

Sunday:
Today was the day for Greenfield village. We got there and the train was waiting so we decided to ride the train first thing. Unfortunately, I got a cinder in my eye during the train ride and after a few hours of pain and having security perform an eye wash on me, Mike ended up taking me to the emergency room right after we ate lunch while Jemma stayed with Mike's parents. The doctor said I scratched it up pretty bad but there wasn't much I could do about it so I went back to the hotel and just laid there with my eyes shut. We ate left overs at the hotel that night and I laid in bed while Mike and Jemma hung out in his parents room.

Monday:
I felt much better today although my eye was horribly swollen and we went back to Greenfield Village. I asked the guy for another pass for the 4 of us to ride the rides that day and he gave it to us since we didn't get to use it the day before. The first thing we did was ride in a real Model T! Then we walked around the village for a while. Mikes parents went into the museum around lunch and Mike and I kept walking around the village. We then spent the last few hours of the day in the museum before heading out. Our legs were pretty tired in the end. We started down the road heading home and ate dinner in a rest stop.

Tuesday:
We stopped for lunch and shopping at the Haggerstown outlets before heading home.

It was a nice trip!