Trip: Detroit Final Fantasy!

Wheeeeeeee!

I left from Waterloo around 1300 and planned on getting to Detroit at around 1600 (it’s a 3 hour drive…apparently) but got there in a little over 2 hours owing to light traffic and relatively a 5 minute wait (a very very short wait) at the Windsor crossing. When driving it’s always good to get into a “convoy” of your own peers. Basically people who drive around your speed. I found plenty of such folks along the way who were willing to travel…significantly above the speed limit. There was a cross wind all the way to Windsor so it made driving well above the speed limit somewhat dangerous (course, does that stop me?) and provided a challenge.

When I got to Detroit (about 10 seconds with Customs/Immigration) I started towards the city where Jon lives (had to contact Jordan) and when I got there I found the nearest 7/11 to make some phone calls. Of course, I forgot my American mobile phone at home (bugger) so I had to pay 50 cents (highway robbery!!) to make several phone calls to Forest and Jordan.

Eventually I got a hold of them and Matt told me to meet them at the local Borders (at the mall) and I did so. Good to see em all, headed to Jon’s parents’ place to watch TV and relax till we had to head out.

We left at 1900 to Matt’s house…and got to the Detroit Symphony Music Hall at around 1940. Met Omar right out front, got the tickets and were whisked right in. Fifth row from the front!!!

I tell yah, hearing live music is always better than listening to audio recordings. As Omar said: “Energy.”

After a pretty solid concert we headed back to Matt’s, went to Jon’s where I was supposed to drive Jordan to Forest’s but Forest offered to drive Jordan since I had a long drive ahead.

Given the oppurtunity to head directly home I made a policy: “NONE SHALL PASS!”

What is the policy? Simply put it’s where nobody is allowed to pass me between Windsor and to the point I pull into the driveway. After filling up on gass in record time I gunned it and without crosswinds I flew home.

For some reason people were driving relatively slowly and although some tired all failed and NONE PASSED!

About 50 km before London there was an emergency closing of the 401 so there was a huge loop to drive through the country side (with a lot of fog) and it was quite enjoyable (I still passed folks).

The detour cut into my time a bit but I made it back to Waterloo in record time!

Safe and sound.

There you have my boring and enjoyable day.