Back in AA

The view from our hotel room.......some of the many cranes around campus.

It's the Big House from a distance (still from our hotel room). That M is as recognizable as McDonald's golden arches. Yeah, yeah. I know. It's maize. Jeez.

And here is the Big House up close. Obviously, we have not been following the local news because this monstrous sight was a shock to us as we drove into town. How ever did the House get that much BIGGER?

Main Street --- although I'm sure that this is not the section of Main Street that Bob Seger was singing about,

http://www.bobseger.com/music_detail.aspx?upccode=724383033423

but I can imagine what Main Street must have looked like back then because remnants do remain.

Here we are -- closer to campus. Amazingly enough for a state that's at the bottom of the economic ladder, you cannot go any place in Ann Arbor without observing new construction and rebuilding.

What can I say? Go Blue. It's good to be back.