On March 4, Angie and I found ourselves staying in downtown Detroit, Michigan at the Greektown Casino Hotel. The hotel is top-rate and a relative bargain at $95. I hadn’t stayed in the core of Motown for about a decade. This is a changed city. Part of me was a little disappointed that the city…Continue reading Pictures of Detroit: A City Transforming
There’s No Spacecraft in This Romulus
No Clingons, Ferengi or even Romulans. This Romulus is not a planet from the future world of Star Trek. This Romulus is a city on the outskirts of Detroit and home to the Detroit Metro Airport. Angie and I spent a night at the Metro Detroit Airport Marriott this past weekend on our two night…Continue reading There’s No Spacecraft in This Romulus
Cayo Largo, Cuba in Pictures
In the winter/spring of 2011, we took a week, via a rickety Canjet Boeing 737, in Cayo Largo, Cuba at Sol Pelicano All-Inclusive Resort. Cayo Largo is an island off the southwest coast of Cuba, on the Caribbean Sea. The island is small, measuring 25 km long and 3 km wide at its widest. All civilization is…Continue reading Cayo Largo, Cuba in Pictures
Bruce Peninsula National Park
When one thinks of Canadian National Parks, one generally thinks of Banff, Jasper, Point Peelee or Fundy. Yet, quite close to the Golden Horsehoe region and a good portion of the Canadian population is one of the more underestimated of the National Parks. Bruce Peninsula National…Continue reading Bruce Peninsula National Park