Today, while  a wheel bearing was being  replaced on our car, we decided  that that  anything  would be preferable  to sitting  in the waiting  room at the repair  shop. We had lunch at a “pure  Ypsilanti” restaurant  called The Bomber, which  is dedicated  to the history  of Ypsilanti’s involvement  in making bombers  at the nearby Willow Run plant during  World  War  2. You’ll  see model airplanes hanging  from the ceiling, tons of photos  on the wall, and displays of military uniforms. It’s  mainly  a breakfast  joint, but they also stay  open for lunch.

After lunch, we hung out  in Riverside  Park. We heard  what sounded  like  a parrot  screaming  its fool  head  off at a house  on Huron, saw a blue  heron, plotted about  cutting  the ropes  of a kayak  while  a person  was  lying in it…

This  photo of Riverside Park  is from  early  May when the Huron  River  was high.

On our way to the shop, we stopped at Dairy  Queen to freeze our brains. The small frozen  drinks were $1 on their 2-5 pm “happy hour.”

This a medium  size, my husband  got a small.

Then, we got to see the broken wheel bearing!