Welcome to one more outing in the month of June.
We went to the Detroit River Tour with the entire Ford team. The team made this plan to show Detroit to our colleagues from Chennai, India & spend some time with each other.
I have been living in Michigan for more than a year now, and in spite of that, I hadn’t gone to the Detroit River Tour, so even I was excited to be a part of the group and enjoy scenes around the river, which divides the land between United States of America and Canada.
Apart from our colleagues from Chennai, we were accompanied by the three interns who were with us for this summer and it was nice to have a diverse group of people.
All of us drove from the office at around 12PM to the Detroit Downtown. My boss’ boss, Max, was kind enough to reserve a parking spot for us, so that we didn’t have to look for one. When we reached the parking spot, all of us gathered at the location and waited for the rest of the team to join us. While waiting, some of us thought it would be a good idea to take a stroll by the river bank as the hotness of the Sun was nullified by the cold air blowing from the river. The walk lasted for a good 10-15 minutes, before it was time to board the tour boat, which would take us through different parts of the river and our guide would give us lovely insights about all the cool things about the river and different buildings located on the both sides.
I spent most of my time on the boat with my teammates. I had fun sitting with them talking about various things, going to the front of the boat to experience some fresh air, going to the back of the boat to see the trail that the boat leaves behind on the river waters. It was a nice way to get to know my teammates outside the work hours and talk to them about different things in Detroit and Michigan. Some of my teammates were born and brought up in Michigan, so they had so many cool stories to tell us.
After the boat tour, it was time to head to the rooftop in Downtown Detroit, where one of our teammates, Michell, used to live. Before this day, I had never experienced the rooftop party in the Downtown of a major city. When we were planning for this event, I didn’t know about this part of the outing until the boat tour was over. It was a sweet surprise to me and that’s why I wasn’t prepared for it. That’s why when we were on our way to Michell’s rooftop, I stopped at a local store to grab a 6-pack of my favorite beer, Corona.
The good thing about the rooftop was that they had patio furniture, which we used to sit and relax. I had a really nice time chugging the beer and having my favorite food – pizza.
The weather was perfect for the rooftop party. It wasn’t too hot to stay outside and not too cold that we wanted to go in. It was the perfect Michigan weather on a breezy June afternoon. We had such a fun talking to each other and enjoying the lovely weather, that I lost track of time. The time flew by pretty quickly and I could feel the Sun moving in the sky. As all affairs, this had to come to an end at around 5PM, when I had to leave to take care of something. I big my goodbyes to all my teammates and headed to my car at the parking lot.
It was an awesome way to spend a day with the lovely team – A team that I hadn’t left in the last couple years and don’t intend to do so in future.
Next stop: Hocking Hills State Park, OH, USA.
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