Music : When The Rain Comes - Third Day
At last home, just went home from NAIAS ( North American International Auto Show ) in Detroit, Michigan. Woke up at 5 am, Leo knocked at the apartment to see me if i'm ready, i said just a minute because i wanted to take a shower first. After took a bath, brushed my tooth and washed my face, then i went to Leo's room, everybody already gathered there, there were 3 people there Aan, Jay, Benny, the last people to came was Mario. And then we went. The weather outside was snowy and very cold at that time. We used 2 cars, first is Jay car that is Nissan Maxima 2.5 with Benny & Aan, the other cars was Mario Audi S4 with Leo & Me.
First we went at ATM to get some money ( not me but them, cause i dont have credit card ), and then continue the journey. While on the road, we stoped at McDonald to get a breakfast, dine in in there not drive thru. When we got into the building, there were no people there except us and McD employees, in the corner of the room exactly in front of order desk, there were a game station for kids, it's a gamecube console, there are 4 of them, 2 of them are kirby's game, 1 tennis game and the other is racing game. We played for a couple minutes while waiting our turn to order. I ordered combo no.7 that are bagel with steak, egg and cheese ( basicly it's a beef burger ), a hashbrown, and a drink of your choice ( i choose orange juice ). Ate in there, had a little chat and then took off.
The journey itself kinda harsh, because :
- we went in the morning and the sky was still dark,
- i didnt realized there was snowstorm at that time,
- the road was covered by snow that made dangerous,
- the temperature was freakingly cold that morning ( 10 degree F ),
the road to Detroit isnt very complicated, mostly we're taking the freeway, first we make way to Toledo. that was around 2.30 - 3 hours, and then from Toledo took only around 45 minutes - 1 hours to Detroit. We stoped in the convienence store to go to bathroom and buy some drinking water.
While in our way to Toledo, we saw an accident in front of us, after getting closer to the car, Mario recognized the owner of the car, it's Dominique, one of our friends that went earlier ahead of us had an accident, i didnt know the detail because when we arrived there it already happened. We stoped and got out the car and asked what happen, not long after that a firefighters came, also with tv news and police after that, after awhile a tow truck came and the car was towed to a autoshop There were 5 car that involved, only 3 cars damaged, first minivan in front of him only damaged the fron of the car, then his car Honda Accord that had damaged inj the back of the car, and the third car had the most damage. Luckily there were no injuries in this accident. The car was towed to autoshop in Toledo, and then left there. After that the truck driver show way to us to rental car "Enterprise". In there once again we all got out the car and wait in inside the building, not to forgot borrowing the bathroom. After all done, Dominiques rent Chevrolet Aveo, we continued the journey to Detroit. But this time their car cant went faster, because it's a small car, if they go to fast can cause the car "flying". So we went went ahead with Jay and left them behind.
Less than 1 hours later we arrived in Detroit around 12 pm. Parked the car in the place near the autoshow, while we parking, Mario recognized a car that belongs to his friend Joko, Honda Accord Coupe, and park beside the car. We had to walked a little to get to the pace, the temperature wqas very cold compare in the columbus, ohio, so we had to walk faster. I side the building was warmer cause there were so many people inside. Bought a little snack and bouhgt a water, went to the bathroom, bought the tickets $12. and then went inside. There was nothing special about the autoshow, there were a lot of cars, a lot of people, the building was very big, 3 floors, but only 1 floor used to show the cars.
We had been there for almost 5 - 6 hours, and i though everybody were tired. Gathered in the main lobby area, rest a little before went back home. Because everybody were hungry and that time was Dinner time, someone suggested that we ate in Detroit , there's a restaurant that we want to go but no one knew the phone number or the addres, so Joko suggested that we eat in Toledo, The restaurant located in Toledo area, it called Fujiyama, japanese restaurant, I had a Gyoza and Chcken Teriyaki. After finished, and not to forgot to the bathroom first we, we straight went h9me cause it's already 8 pm. On the way home i slept so there is nothing i can tell and arrived safely in Columbus around 10.30 pm. And thats all i can told, it's not accurate or detail but that covers all of it.
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