7/25/15 Day 2 at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

The Edsel Ford museum had been recommended to us, so we walked the 1 1/2 miles in the mid-day sun and heat to get there. The museum consists of the home and grounds where  Edsel Ford and his family lived.  It consists of a 32000 square foot house built in the 1920s for a cost of 3.5 million dollars.  He and his wife Eleanor researched several places in Europe before deciding on the Cotswold Style architecture.

 We toured 20 of the 60 rooms, then walked to the pool, the rose garden and the children's playhouse which was designed on a child-sized scale.

  We also learned that Edsel used to commute to Detroit for work on his yacht.  Edsel died of stomach cancer when he was only 49, but Eleanor lived there many more years.  Upon her death, Eleanor donated the property and set up an endowment to continuously care for it.

After lunch at the Cotswold restaurant, we walked back in the heat to the marina.  We were desperate by then for a shower, and their shower rooms were very nice.  After walking Duke, we called Uber for a ride to church (St. Paul on the Lake).

  As soon  as we exited the church, Ron mentioned Uber to me and one of the parishioners said, "My wife and I will take you. Where do you want to go". We were looking for a place for dinner and they suggested Pat O'Brien's Restaurant for lake perch.  They took us the 6 miles to the restaurant.  When we thanked them, he said, "Thank the Holy Spirit for putting us together."  Amazing Grace!  We have had this good fortune 3 times on this trip!

After dinner we got an Uber ride but had to take a detour due to an accident.  A 25 foot boat had come off its trailer in the middle of the road.  While we waited for the Uber car, we had heard the many emergency vehicles with sirens on.  It had happened only minutes before we got there.