Spent 7 nights in Ypsilanti, MI about 23 miles from Downtown Detroit. Very hot and Humid and some awesome thunderstorms. My tooth decided to blowup on me so I went to the dentist. No dental coverage, I was lucky enough to get in and see him. They took X-Rays and I spent about 15 minutes with the dentist. Gave me a prescription for some antibiotics.Total Cost......$1.00 yup one dollar.
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We took 2 separate days to go the Henry Ford. First day we went to the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. It sits on about 200 acres. About 2 days later we went on the Rouge Truck Tour. The Rouge plant is where the F-150 is built. Very high tech plant. A REAL moving line.
Where to start ....The Ford Museum is much more than just a car museum. Ford collected Farm implements, jewelry, clocks, large trains, Old vintage airplanes and of course cars and trucks.
Greenfield Village is Henry Fords collection of original buildings that have been dismantled and rebuilt on this property. His grandmothers and his birthplace home, Thomas Edison's Laboratories 3-4 bldgs. Many, Many other buildings and old wooden covered bridges.
The Rouge
Pronounced (ˈruhz)
This is the original plant site for Ford back in 1904 to present day. This place has about 3 times the footprint of the Boeing Everett plant It's huge. The buildings aren't as big though. The building where the F-150's are built is very eco friendly. Entire roof tops are covered in vegetation so all water that is reclaimed from the site and put back into the river is cleaner that your drinking water. Pictures not allowed touring tour. Remember Ford was quite the visionary He built steel plants and Glass plants to supply his parts to make the Model A. He employed 140,000 plus back in the early 1900's. He wanted everyone to have an affordable car so he doubled the workers wages so they could buy vehicles. This created the need for Highways so more people were employed to build highways etc etc. Think about it, it really was the industrial revolution!!
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