[JThomas]

Jim:

As you enter Michigan along the I-75 corridor, you will be in Monroe County, home of Custer. You will see the Fermi II nuclear facility on the east side of the highway. Michigan is home to three significant nuclear plants.

As you enter the City of Detroit and pass through the downtown area, you will see the site of the old Tiger Stadium, the abandoned Train Station (Closed in 1982). The General Motors Headquarters is right downtown, also known as the Renassaince Center. (Originally owned and constructed by the Ford Motor Company)

Downtown also has the Joe Louis Arena (Red Wings), Comerica Park (New Tiger Ballpark) and Ford Field (Home of the Lions) along with several other attractions. It's a beautiful City with a lot of great architecture, if you're in to that sort of thing. I grew up there and enjoyed the experience.

As you travel from Detroit to the greater Lansing area, you may think about the GM Heritage Center, the Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan, where they build the motors for Z06's and ZR1's. Not too far from there is Pratt and Miller, the race shop that builds the Corvette Race car and general skunkwerks for GM.

When you get to Lansing, depending on time and energy, my home is ten minutes from Michigan State University. Lansing is the the Capitol of Michigan, and you could see the capitol building. Lansing was also home and headquarters of Oldsmobile, and the R.E. Olds Museum. East Lansing, is also home to the old Michigan State Police Headquarters. That facility is located on MSU's campus and was closed down in August of 2010. The new Headquarters is located in downtown Lansing.

We can talk more on Friday about other sites in Michigan, there is plenty to see. Have a safe trip and I'll see you tomorrow evening.

Joe