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After New Years my sister in law and I went for a bit of a road trip down south to where I grew up and also to visit some friends in Michigan.

On our way down to Michigan there was a bit of snow/wind as you can see from the video.  These are the conditions I learned to drive in, so I didn't find it all that weird.  Apparently it is!

 

We then went to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.  The Henry Ford is bizarre, though it is a lot better than when I was there last.  There is just so much random stuff!  They've got the chair that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in and the car that JFK was assassinated in.  They have Rosa Park's bus (seen in one of the photos).  LOADS of steam and industrial engines, an entire thing on trains.  Just epic amounts of stuff.  

The most depressing set of photos though were from the suburbs of Detroit.  We saw most of this stuff from the interstate and decided to take an exit to see some of it close up.  So depressing.  There were hardly any cars on the road or people about.  Houses were either boarded up, ripped apart or burnt out.  I can't believe that a city can just die like that.  We didn't stay too long as it probably wasn't the most safe place to be.  The supermarket we passed had barred windows and a chain link fence with double razor wire on the roof!  If you want to see some other amazing/depressing photos click here.

Crazy.