The Henry Ford

Yesterday I followed Glen to work...not to work, rather follow her to her office. Then I took her car to The Henry Ford. Initially, I was planning to go on the Rouge Plant Tour only, but then the old lady who was helping me in the ticket purchase gave me a free admission to Henry Ford Museum. Why? Because she could only offered me Tour ticket starting 11 am, but I want to have lunch with the "Ford Girls", so I told her that I would take the 1 pm tour. Then she asked me what I plan to do until my lunch appointment and gave me a "MBR" stamp on my left hand so that I could kill my time in the museum.

I went to the museum store to check out stuff. I was so hooked to the model airplane DC-3 Northwest Airlines sold there. It's sold for $40 with 20% discount. I really wanted to get it but I was afraid that I would have difficulty bringing it back to Germany. So I killed the idea of buying it. I bought the Henry Ford biography book in the end. I haven't read it, but I wanted to see why he failed 2 times before founding Ford Motor Company.

The Rouge Plant is too touristy. It's so clean and tourist friendly. But it's amazing to see the assembly line. Comparing the production line in Conti with Ford, I would say it's harder to make tires than to make F150. But I admire Ford Company for setting up this museum and plant tour. I will do the same thing next time when I own a manufacturing company.

The Ford Girls and I went to Memphis Smoke at Royal Oak for ribs. We carpooled there using Glenny's zoom zoom zoom. We walked around the town after the dinner. Real Thanks to Ford Girls who really made my Michigan holidays so enjoyable. One more week to go!!!