Drove to Dearborn this morning to the Henry Ford to take a tour of the Ford Rouge Factory where the F150 is made. It was a very cool place to see in action, and fortunately we got there during a time of production. First we watched a movie about the history of Henry Ford before going into an interactive theater to see the truck making process from start to finish; the theatre was complete with effects for all the senses (I got wet and wind blown). Then we got to walk above the factory floor and saw actual F150s being constructed. The walk is about 1/3 of a mile and it allows visitors to view the factory staff going about their business as well as having screens explaining exactly what they were doing. The factory floor is massive and always in motion with pieces of truck moving on conveyors above and below where we were walking. It was amazing how efficient everyone was, doing exactly what they needed to in the right amount of time before moving onto the next truck. The whole place was like a well oiled machine. The machinery itseld was awesome, Henry Ford was a genius to have the vision and then to build the equipment to make his dream happen. Definitely worth a visit, sorry no picture taking allowed.
Afterwards we got to see some ford cars from the last 100 odd years; I really want a mustang like this one.

Mike: Christmas is coming!

After we left the Rouge (named after the Rouge river) we drove into Detroit. I don't think we were in the worst parts of the city but the area we were in was still really run down with delapitated burnt out houses and graffiti everywhere. Not the nicest place to live although there were signs as we drove through that some areas are being renovated which is great since some of the houses are wonderful. It's amazing the difference between driving through detroit and Chicago. The traffic in Chicago was dreadful and Detroit, even though it was the middle of a work day was almost like a ghost town. It's just sad considering the people that flocked here for the rise of the auto industry.
Tal-y and I spent a while in the dog run this evening while Mike relaxed (read slept) and she made a new friend, a puggle named Chaos - what a cool name for a dog.