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Nice article about Steve Hamilton and his love of Michigan and Detroit.

I took the motorcycle to the UP a couple of years ago just to see where the books were set.

Good article. I have lots of relatives in MI, though not Detroit. It's a sad place. Some beautiful places in the state, though. Like Mackinac Island. That's a place you don't want to miss if you're ever up that way!

Michigan is a place I hope to visit someday. I admire Steve Hamilton's loyalty to his original home state and the perspective on the state in his books.
I've heard a lot of sad stories about the situation in Detroit, loss of jobs, abandoned homes and buildings, infrastructure decay; and yet recently I have also heard of a renaissance of sorts with newcomers and determined residents giving hope for rebuilding with opportunities for intrepid 'pioneers' returning to abandoned areas.

Barry- Hopefully in the summer!! That must have been fun.

Barry wrote: "I took the motorcycle to the UP a couple of years ago just to see where the books were set."

June trip, along the St Laurence Seaway and then around the Great Lakes. Those things are BIG!

Barry: i have only seen the tip of Lake Michigan from Chicago, and from there it looks like an ocean, riding around the Great Lakes must be daunting!

ChicagoBarry wrote: "June trip, along the St Laurence Seaway and then around the Great Lakes. Those things are BIG!"

We did do a ferry to one of the islands. Always amazing to see America in all of its glory. The lakes are like looking at the ocean, since you cannot see across. Even here in CT, I am not on the ocean, I am on Long Island Sound, and when I look seaward, I saee Long Island. (another great ferry ride, and a great place to ride a bicycle)