Tuesday, June 16, 2009

PLuSH Visits Western ON...Road Trip Style


This past weekend I set off to go see my Bestie (along with her sister Melissa) out of town at school.

First stop ~ London ON












Cheers! Salute! All-a-dat!
Melissa...Just touched down in London Town.

Gone to visit Iman's friend Mike-n-Ike lol


The next day...en route...
Melissa quote: "it's just not a road trip without car trouble" love the easy breezy attitude
Guess that means we have to chill in the parking lot
Jah and her Bestie...

Thank Goodness for CAA
Second stop ~ Windsor ON
Iman, Melissa and me in the back.















We found an interesting Slave Monument in Windsor that shows Harriet Tubman leading a family to freedom. Above are all the areas of settlement, Windsor ON included.


Brief History {Wikipedia}
"Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American Slave, Civil War Nurse, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist, Abolitionist, Humanitarian and Union Spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of 'antislavery' activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or "Moses", as she was called) never lost a passenger. When a far-reaching United States Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, she helped guide fugitives farther north into Canada and helped newly freed slaves find work."

Jahmilla, Melissa and Iman posing with our ancestors

Jahmilla & Iman with her nephew
Caesars Hotel and Casino in Windsor ON
Greetings from the Detroit River
Detroit Skyline
Third stop ~ Detroit Michigan {didn't quite make it because someone forgot their passport...seems to be road trip protocol lol} Detroit coming to a blog near you quite soon! {Windsor ON/ Detroit MI bridge to border}

Detroit Skyline and Detroit River...clear blue!

Melissa and Iman with their beautiful sister Marsha.
PLuSH Empress says let's do the Big Dusty again sometime soon!

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