Hot wheels

So here we are in Dearborn MI, just outside Detroit. Duncan on the right, Aaron Villa (our helpful sales man) in the middle, myself on the left and our wonderful car on the very far left.

Our car is a beautiful Mercury Sable 4 door Sedan GS. 3.0 6 cylinder automatic in Spruce green colour. I'd never heard of Mercury before, but apparently it's a slightly more luxurious make by Ford.

We're very thankful to Marlene for helping us with the car dealerships and the small matter of cash as our bank cards failed to spew out the required funds. And to Jesse and his family for looking after us very well here in Westland.

So our plan for the first few days of the journey is to head up to Houghton Lake to take a wee boat trip with Marlene and Pat before heading over to Traverse City for the night. Then Sunday drive up via Mackinaw City and onto the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before heading west through Wisconsin and on to Minneapolis for Monday 30th August.

I'm still a bit jet-lagged after my 3.30am start in Aberdeen and getting to bed 25 hours later in Detroit. Duncan on the other hand is completely acclimatised after his month over here. However, his suggestion of cd for the drive shown here suggests he's been in need of Scottish company the last few days.

Duncan: "Sarah, do you think it would be fair to put a photo of Jesse in a kilt on our blog for lots of people to see?"

Sarah: "I think that's very fair. In fact, it would be a travesty if you didn't do it."

Jesse is getting married on the 18th of September so, in Scotland at least, it is traditional for some form of embarrassing ceremony to take place to the groom. So here he is in all his Scottish greatness!