Bob and I had a quiet but somewhat productive day in Detroit. I did not sleep very well but managed to complete three blog posts before we headed off for a short walkabout. Bob enjoyed the hotel breakfast, and I hope to do so tomorrow.
For our walkabout, we headed back towards the water to a state park that we had seen yesterday that runs right along the water. We thought we’d decide then whether we would try to walk across a bridge to Belle Isle, which sits in the middle of the Detroit River.
At the end of the state park, we walked into the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater, as the gates were open and there was no signage about not entering. We naively thought that it was part of the park. It was not, Mr. Security Man did his job and walked the riff raff out of the park.
I was feeling low energy with my lack of sleep, so we headed back towards the hotel. On the way, we poked through a couple of markets to see if we wanted to pick anything up for dinner. We did at the second one, which was a decent-sized store but with a series of very small snakelike aisles so that we were always stumbling on new sections of the store and impressed with the selection but also anxious to be out due to its coziness. We’ve been taking advantage of the fact that we have a full kitchen — microwave, stovetop, full fridge, pots and pans, and dishes in our room.
During the afternoon we just napped for a bit and then hit the great fitness center while it rained outside. More rain expected tomorrow.
Bob writing here: I may provide some numbers occasionally as I have better numeric skills than writing skills. Today is the 145th day of the year. Of those 145, we have stayed with family eight nights, in hotels 31 nights (19 different cities), and house sitting 105 nights. But Bob, that adds up to only 144! Yes, the remaining night was on the plane from JFK to Paris. Our latest sit in St. Catherines, Ontario was our 104th career sit which have been in 14 countries. By the end of 2022, we’re currently scheduled to complete our 114th house sit.
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