Whatever we said yesterday about US Customs, well today we experienced a second and very quick reentry into the US. It started with a short trip in a taxi, because we were neither allowed to use the bridge over the Detroit River nor the Tunnel under the river. So our only option was by car and we packed all 3 bikes, all the luggage and us into a van. The officer at the border looked a bit surprised to see so much gear and people in that car. Then he asked what we want to do in the US. He couldn´t believe it. Then he asked who was with Frank. "my girlfriend and my daugther, I am divorced" did Frank reply and the officer said:" That makes sense!"With that remark we were allowed to enter. The taxi brought us front of the GM´s office towers, the US car headquarters, where we unloaded.
From there we drove out of Detroit, through partly empty gost suburbs, empty houses and closed industrie along he way. A strange and uninviting area. But surprisingly good roads.
Along the way we had our usuall lunchbreak. This time in a pizza restaurant, from the outside and inside nothing special, but the pizza was huge and tasted very good. The best on our trip. The owner is medical retired, was a GM chief manager and does this now as his expensive hobby. He likes to meet people. Nice guy, as all we met.The weather was light drizzle but the wind was pushing us well forward. We made it further than anticipated, all th way to Toledo. Its another big town and yet again we had the impression it is in bad shape like Detroit. Even downtown many houses are empty, burned or just deserted. And very little shops or people are arround. Katrin and Frank went for a walk in the evening it it seemed like a gosttown. No place to stay.
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