Detroit BikeBlog, Cycling the Renaissance City

November 30th, Detroit Segway

Now this is one strange thing - not least because of the quality of the road surfaces in the downtown area - but we now have segway tours of the city (link). On the bright side on smoggy autumn days it's probably a healthier alternative to jogging or driving.

Mmm ... pm10s ...

Rock and roll

November 26th, Happy Thanksgiving

Happy thanksgiving everyone. Turkey, vegetables and Ice Cider from Quebec. Wake me up on Monday!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

November 25th, Seeing Reds

Red dawn continues to film downtown, even while they pull down the lafayette building (couldn't they find some Canadian to pay 50 bucks for it?!) to make way for a much needed vacant lot. Looking forward to seeing the CGI on that one.

Waiter, there's some crap in my Coney, oh wait ...

Evans is really bringing things around.

November 10th, Edmund Fitzgerald Anniversary

November 9th, Autumn @ Livingston Light

After the fog partially lifted yesterday we spent a few hours roaming around an almost empty Belle Isle then up through the equally empty east side.

A personal thanks today to Tom Allen. Tom - for all your early mornings, thanks, much appreciated.

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William Livinston Light on a misty autumn morning

November 8th, Fogbound

An autumn fog moved around the area this morning leaving just the immediate downtown area mist free with the surrounding areas having visibility down to zero.

In the house the healthcare bill looks like passing - while there are always nanny state bureaucracy dangers - this has to be the right way forward for the US. The recent financial crises brought home just how easy it is for any family to suddenly find itself in a difficult situation without any health cover. Of course that message has been around for a while.

Belle Isle in the mist

October 24th, Out of town

A busy month, with a good deal of it spent out of town on business and up at TC for a vaccation. Hence the lack of posts.

TC was a blast as always - we have some video of biking the penninsula route up to Old Mission Point here. Shot from a beautiful little IPod Nano (v. 2009) we picked up last month.

Fall Fruit - the staple of TC

A lake trout swims up the fish ladder on the Boardman River

Grand Traverse Commons, the old asylum with sections converted into
fashionable shops and condos

Lake Mich on a calm morning (Nano vid here)

Providence Rhode Island, looks like a nice place.
All I saw was the hotel and conference center.

September 19th, TDD 2009

Having only just missed being slimed by a driver running a red light I arrived at Corktown a little later than I'd hoped for. So little time to mingle and get the feel of the day. But I was in time to grab a few shots of the start of this great annual event.

Just off from the start 30+miles to go

First corner by the last tooth of old tiger stadium

Nice bikes!

A steady, mixed ride. No racing the police bikes please...

September 17th, Thanks Ernie

Still the only announcer in baseball history to be traded for a player, last night saw an emotional but dignified salute to Ernie Harwell at the Tigers. Here's to many more days of walking and talking Ernie!

The evening was also memorable for a tribute flyby by a flying fortress.