Re: My "Before It's Too Late" Trip

Posted by Dave Brownell On 2015/10/8 15:53:08

Thanks for both the encouragement and the warnings....I can take both and profit from them. About seven years ago we took a family GMC long bed pickup to retrieve a boat from North Bay, Ontario and return it to Georgia. The Henry Ford II portion of I-94 and the empty boat trailer made it an interesting ride on those tilted concrete slabs. The return trip, heavy with boat, was even worse and the truck's CD player has not worked since. I suppose we got off easy but that truck has lived to see another 150,000 miles with no other apparent damage. That particular Corvette has had a few bad road and pothole experiences in Illinois and Missouri, and hit an unmarked road "uneven surface" at 75 mph on Tennessee I-24 two weeks ago that shocked me that no rims were dented, so Michigan is not alone on having some bad roads and bridges that need attention. Crumbling infrastructure is not a favorite topic in an election, no matter where you go.

But I know that Michigan is the prime state to see the automotive sights I'd find most fascinating. Or more, on the way, in Ohio or Indiana on the return. My current plan would be to leave within the next few weeks for a trip that includes Citizen Packard on the way to Detroit, a few days of safe sightseeing around Detroit, including the PPG and the HFM/Greenfield Village, then off to Gilmore and back down through Auburn, Indiana. All of this is contingent on the health of a 93 year old father-in-law in failing health. If permitted, I'm looking forward to the challenges. Southwest Airlines just announced some attractive ATL-DTW airfares, so I might even make Tim happy by doing some of this in a heavily insured rental car.