The official cruise date is August 20th, but it's actually an ongoing
affair that starts building now and culminates on cruise day. I would
be surprised if there are any rooms available for the 19th or 20th, but
it could be feasible as a day trip. If I were to do that I'd try to
arrive very early Saturday morning and park in the overhead structure
on Pierce and Merrill in Birmingham. From there you could wander up and
down Woodward and would have access to a lot of restaurants and various
entertainments. The structure will probably be full by 9AM. After that,
the nearest parking might be quite distant. Contact me off list if you
want more info.
Paul
On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Paul,
Flew out of Detroit Friday PM, on business with folks who had lived
there.
We talked about the Dream Cruise and Woodward.
Exactly when is it?
Perhaps we can drive over from Chicago.
Regards, Bob S.
On 8/6/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> wrote:
Two weeks to the Dream Cruise and traffic is building on Woodward
Avenue. Must have been several thousand enthusiast type cars of
various
genres out tonight. In two weeks there will be 50,000 or so. But there
were enough tonight that the Royal Oak police -- macho idiots that
they
are -- started clearing parking lots at 9 PM. If you could see the
crowd of cruisers, you'd know that's something akin to raiding a
nursing home, but I digress. I went out and shot some swish pans with
a
short lens and a very slow shutter speed. This one was with the FA
35/2
@ 5.6, 1/8th second. The cool thing about this technique (short lens,
long exposure) is that, if done correctly, it yields just one point of
focus somewhere near the middle of the car. The misses outnumber the
hits of course, but I like this one. I think it's an early 70s Pontiac
GTO and an unidentified Mopar.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3610553&size=lg
