Metro Delivery » views from the road

Illuminated Metro Santa Emerges for the Season

Metro Delivery — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:33:51 +0000

One of the great things about driving around all day is finding the free things that people leave at the curb. People throw the most amazing stuff out.

For instance, our glowy Santa was found discarded- orphaned, even- head down in a dumpster, actually- but he’s been brightening our holidays here at Metro for the last three years.

Saved from the landfill and shining on as a proud yard-high beacon of redemption.

Views from the Road: Georgia

Metro Delivery — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:10:42 +0000

We’ve got room for about 30 crates of peaches on the way back up to Michigan, if anyone feels like making some pies, just so you know-

Views from the Road: The Uniroyal Tire

Metro Delivery — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:47 +0000

Metro Delivery loves the Big Tire on I-94 between Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Dearborn- although it’s enough to make even our biggest vehicles suffer from feelings of inadequacy.

photo by Christian

Everybody around Detroit knows this, but that giant tire used to be a Ferris wheel at the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair. Once the fair ended, it was shipped by rail to Allen Park to loom ominously over the freeway.

When you get up close, it’s not unusual to discover a few arrows sticking out of the sidewall, here and there; that would be some bowhuntin’ Michigan wiseacre trying to cause the world’s biggest blowout.