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Revision as of 14:17, 21 March 2021

Location

On the Riverwalk in downtown Detroit, Michigan, just south of the southwestern corner of the TCF Center.

Participants

Plans

Nixill (they/them) and Alison's (she/her) plans started a few hours before the meetup. We planned for our usual weekly grocery pickup and a trip to Micro Center, a large computer store. After finishing our shopping at Micro Center, we planned on driving down to a transit park and ride lot near the Detroit Amtrak station and meeting Corey/MusicalMitten (he/him) there, then riding bikes to the hashpoint.

Expedition

Alison picked Nix up for the grocery pickup and Micro Center, then they drove down to the transit park and ride lot.

At the Amsterdam lot, Nix and Alison met up with Corey/MusicalMitten (he/him), and we all rode our bikes down to the hashpoint. (Corey rode his own; Nix and Alison both rode MoGo bikeshare bikes since Alison's car is neither large enough to carry bikes in it nor has a bike rack.) We rode down through Hart Plaza to reach the Riverwalk, then west along the Riverwalk to the hashpoint.

When we reached the hashpoint, we stopped to take some photos, hang out for a bit, and admire the Windsor skyline across the river. We also discussed what we wanted to do afterward, and decided on riding our bikes east along Atwater Street to Belle Isle, a state park on an island in the Detroit River.

We proceeded on this plan, stopping at a few MoGo stations on the way to replenish our timers. (Nix and Alison both have MoGo passes, which allow unlimited 1-hour rides before getting charged overage fees. Putting a MoGo bike back in the dock and then immediately removing it again counts as a separate ride.) Alison swapped her non-electric MoGo bike visible in the hashpoint photo for a MoGo Boost e-bike. We were delayed at the Belle Isle bridge by several car drivers who didn't understand the concept of a yield sign

Tracklog

Photos

Achievements

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 == Location ==
-On the Riverwalk in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Just south of the southwestern corner of the TCF Center.
+On the Riverwalk in downtown Detroit, Michigan, just south of the southwestern corner of the '''[https://www.tcfcenterdetroit.com/ TCF Center]'''.
 == Participants ==
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 == Plans ==
-Nixill (they/them) and Alison's (she/her) plans involved her picking them up for a grocery pickup by car, then proceeding to Micro Center for Alison to return a retro game emulation handheld and buy a mouse and for Nix to buy a monitor, then driving down to the transit park and ride lot at Woodward and Amsterdam to meet up with Corey/MusicalMitten (he/him).
+'''Nixill''' (they/them) and '''Alison''''s (she/her) plans started a few hours before the meetup. We planned for our usual weekly grocery pickup and a trip to [https://www.microcenter.com/ Micro Center], a large computer store. After finishing our shopping at Micro Center, we planned on driving down to a transit park and ride lot near the [https://www.amtrak.com/stations/det Detroit Amtrak station] and meeting '''Corey/MusicalMitten''' (he/him) there, then riding bikes to the hashpoint.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Alison picked Nix up for the grocery pickup and Micro Center, then they drove down to the transit park and ride lot.
+At the Amsterdam lot, Nix and Alison met up with '''Corey/MusicalMitten''' (he/him), and we all rode our bikes down to the hashpoint. (Corey rode his own; Nix and Alison both rode [https://mogodetroit.org/ MoGo bikeshare] bikes since Alison's car is neither large enough to carry bikes in it nor has a bike rack.) We rode down through [https://detroitmi.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks/hart-plaza Hart Plaza] to reach the Riverwalk, then west along the Riverwalk to the hashpoint.
+When we reached the hashpoint, we stopped to take some photos, hang out for a bit, and admire the Windsor skyline across the river. We also discussed what we wanted to do afterward, and decided on riding our bikes east along Atwater Street to [https://detroitmi.gov/departments/parks-recreation/belle-isle Belle Isle], a state park on an island in the Detroit River.
+We proceeded on this plan, stopping at a few MoGo stations on the way to replenish our timers. (Nix and Alison both have MoGo passes, which allow unlimited 1-hour rides before getting charged overage fees. Putting a MoGo bike back in the dock and then immediately removing it again counts as a separate ride.) Alison swapped her non-electric MoGo bike visible in the hashpoint photo for a MoGo Boost e-bike. We were delayed at the Belle Isle bridge by several car drivers who didn't understand the concept of a yield sign
 == Tracklog ==


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