Day two - Port Huron

Today was day two of our Michigan adventure, and because the car show and activities do not begin until tomorrow, we decided to head to Port Huron for the day so I could see Canada from afar and see one of the great lakes in person. Port Huron is a cute town on the St. Clair river, and there is lots of maritime stuff to explore, which of course interests G. We began in the Port Huron Museum, exploring the artifacts from the area and getting a feel of the history of Port Huron. Next, we explored the U.S.S. Bramble Museum, which is a decommissioned ship that used to repair and replace buoys in the great lakes region. Next, we toured an old lighthouse ship, now know as the Huron Lightship Museum. It was neat to see how sailors used to live on the boat and what jobs they were to do, but I think G was a lot more interested in all of this than I was. The last museum we visited in Port Huron was the Thomas Edison Train Depot, which held a lot of history about Thomas Edison's connection to Port Huron.

It was really awesome to finally see Canada, even though we couldn't visit because we don't have passports. The bridge to and from Canada is huge so boats can fit underneath it. We also drove up the coast of Lake Huron a bit so I could see what an immense size the lake is. Lake Tahoe looks like a puddle compared to this lake.

We decided to go back to the meet hotel to see who else might have arrived, and found that lots of cars were pouring in. We found two Californians in our club that had just flown in and had dinner with them at an Italian restaurant across from the hotel. We had a relaxing evening "kicking tires" with various people that had shown up to the meet and ended the night with a drink at our hotel bar.