8/6/10 Friday:  We're still hanging out in Ypsilanti.  Wiley goes in next week to have his stitches removed and the week after that he sees the neurosurgeon and we'll talk about having the stimulator re-implanted.

In the meantime, we're exploring the area a little.  We went back into historic downtown Ypsi the other day.  There are so many gorgeous old homes there.  Some have been turned into apartments or shops, but they've maintained the gorgeous exteriors.  It surprises me that many of them are brick.  I guess clay was abundant in this area.  This one looks like the haunted house at Disney World to me.

This one has a museum in it, but it wasn't open the day we were there.

This one is made of stone and has rooms for rent.

This one was turned into an attorney's office.

Click on this one to enlarge it--the engraving on the arch over the door proclaims it to be "The Ladies Library"!

Most of the homes pictured here were in Depot Town, which has numerous restaurants.  The old depot is apparently unused, but behind it is an old building that now houses the farmer's market on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  We'll have to check it out next week.

The Huron River runs right through town and there are numerous parks along it.  Wiley is fishing in Riverside Park and also tried his luck at Frog Island, both in the historic downtown area.

Another recent exploration took us (eventually) to Shipshewana, Indiana, about two hours from here.  As often happens with us, we found the journey there more interesting than the flea market we originally headed out for.  There were many, many interesting looking sights and lots of history on the drive there and we'll have to head back that way to explore the area more another time.  This old looking stone cross was on the side of the road when we pulled off to look at a map.  No sign explained its purpose.

Shipshewana was crowded with tourists, but there were a good many locals (including Amish) as well.  There buggies were everywhere and we drove past some of the neat, productive looking farms.  We visited the flea market (one of the biggest in the Midwest) and then headed home again.  It was well worth the drive.




That's it for now.  Hope everyone is having a good summer.