In the morning, Rich and I watched one hundred little sparrows perched on the bow railing, fluffing their feathers in the morning sun. Then we did some yoga on the dock while John prepared the boat for departure and Matt slept in. It was an easy three hour cruise under blue skies from Lake Huron into the St Clair and Detroit Rivers. Once we had left behind the charming summer holiday towns of Michigan on Lake Huron, the skies took on a haze and the surrounding landscape was dotted with piles of rock, gravel, coal, cranes and factories – signs we were now approaching gritty urban Detroit, MI.
We docked in a small state harbor right downtown and at the recommendation of the harbormaster turned right and walked down a scary street with emergency callboxes and No Standing signs every 12 feet to lunch at Andrew’s. We were the only patrons for a late lunch but the the food good and the waitress cheerful. We went back to the harbor where some napped and some worked on their computers. As the almost full moon came out over the river, this time we turned left walking down the nicely redeveloped Riverwalk to dinner. We ate at Andiamo’s on a patio by the street along the river - the same restaurant we dined with Travises when we in Detroit on the CAA. There were very few cars but those that did pass seemed to all be playing loud hip hop music cruising a desolate boulevard.
We even had a fancy yacht do a ‘drive by’ filled with people and music blaring. The city does a great job keeping the Riverwalk safe, although they have to work very hard at it. There are bicycle police and at 10 pm a man shouts authoritatively through the PA system, “The Riverwalk is now closed. please leave immediately”. Since the very large, grand, modern GM building that houses a mall and a fancy Marriott sits at the end of the Riverwalk, I think that may have something to do with their desire to keep at least this area safe.
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