A Day In the D

Today was a special day.  Lois, Diane, Randie and I went on a Senior's Trip to Detroit.  We signed up through Macomb Twp and we were joined by a senior's group from Madison Hghts. 

Our first stop was the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch.  That was very cool.  Talk about security.  The bus pulled into a large brick building.  Door 2.  The huge door rolled up, we rolled inside, and the door rolled down. 

Police came out of nowhere with cameras, lights and made a sweep of the under carriage of the bus and all the luggage compartments.  An officer even came inside and looked with a flashlight under our seats.  The only thing missing were the dogs.  We found out later they were busy somewhere else. 

We were cleared to go and the next large door opened and we were inside the grounds.  Security was the same as airports, except for the body scans, thankfully.  Our first stop was viewing the money being counted by huge machines.  It was so interesting.  We also got to view the storage area where the money is stored until banks need it.  No humans enter that room.  It is filled by a computer operated hi lo. 

We had a guide who told us quite a bit of other tid bits, especially about the security of this building.  It was very interesting.

When we left the Federal Reserve building we went and had lunch at Sinbad's on the river.  I didn't get a picture of it from the parking lot, but I did from the water.  It's below the picture of the 3 happy ladies on board the Diamond Jack, which was our next event.  A 2-hour boat cruise.  It was very nice.  Hot but nice. 

Second from bottom picture is what is left of the Boblo boat dock/building which closed in 1993.  I believe that my sister and her girlfriend's 2 young girls, our mom and Jon and I went there that year.  It was eerie looking at it like it is today.  I have us walking down the walkway to get on the boat on video and Jessie watches it all the time. 

The bottom picture is of 3 boats.  All three boats service the big boats on the river.  The one on the left is a delivery boat (pizza, etc.!) , the middle one is a post office (it has its own zip code) and the next one is a fire boat. 

In all, it was a very fun day.  I'm glad we had the chance to go.  Sometimes the day trips are just as nice as a week away from home.  Especially since there is so much to see within a couple hours of our home. 

The only down part of today was the numerous FB notifications I received for hours from friends that my account had been hacked.  I'm not quite sure what someone can do that hacks your account, but I hope everyone will unfriend the second Nancy Sutton!