One is silver and the other’s gold.🎶 

We have been meeting lots of kind, interesting and engaging people on our trip, but there’s nothing like being with old friends. Our time in Birmingham, MI with our good friends Foley and Marion was fantastic, albeit too short and they get 5+ ⭐️s for their “warm showers” 🙃 hosting. Marion and her son Malcolm picked us up at the Marine City ferry, an hour from their home. On the way back to their house, Marion organized and then later generously treated us to two of the best massages we’ve ever had. She then chauffeured us around on various errands before cooking a wonderful salmon dinner that really hit the spot. Our next day was full viewing Frank Lloyd Wright homes, touring around some of the areas of Detroit that are in full revival, having lunch and going back home for a well deserved nap. That night, we were joined by more friends and three bottles of champagne and several bottles of wine later, we hit the sack. The next day, after a full and filling breakfast, Marion and Foley drove us back to Marine City for the ferry ride to Canada. It was so wonderful being around friends that are really family and getting back to our trip well fortified emotionally and physically. We are very lucky and thankful to have such great “old” friends. The only black mark against them was that we had so much fun over the dinners, wines and champagnes that we never had the energy for the long promised malts at their favorite ice cream shoppe. Something to look forward to for the next visit.

Ending our fun time with the Jones’s at the Marine City Ferry landing.

We will be spending tomorrow night with a college classmate, which I’m looking forward to, and will also catch up with some more of our oldest and best friends from Virginia who now have a summer place in Hanover, NH a week or so from now. Those visits combined with our stay with our good friends from Paradise Valley, Craig and Steve, at their home in Golden Valley, MN have made this trip even more special than it would have normally been.