Visit to Walled Lake, Michigan 2/8/2016

After spending some time in China, I decided to visit some random place. I set my Space Pocket Watch to the random setting and went along for a new ride. I arrived in a small, but bustling city. After looking around for a little bit, I noticed that I was in the United States, but still wondered where I have ended up. I downloaded the google maps app onto my Space Pocket Watch and pulled up the map of my location. It looked like I ended up in a city called Walled Lake, located in Michigan. Upon further examination of the map, I deducted that it was approximately 40 minutes north-east of Ann Arbor. Never being here before I decided to explore further this city.

I had landed right on the shore of a lake, which I found out was the lake which the city was named after. It wasn’t a huge lake compared to rivers and oceans I have seen before, but It was still nice to sit on the shore of for a bit. I thought to myself, “Why is it called Walled Lake?” I then head to the other side of the city with the help of google maps and find a public library and decide to do a little bit of research. After some research, I have discovered that the land was used by the Potawatomi tribe for its rich fertile land back in the 1800s. This tribe created farms around the lake, which at that time was smaller, using stone walls as a source of irrigation and organization. It is rumored that on a clear sunny day, if you were to look over the lake from above, you can still see make out the stone walls under the water.

Upon further research, my nostalgic side of me found an interesting discovery. In 1929, the Walled Lake Amusement Park was built. I thought to myself, this would be a great place to visit. I then ventured down to the other side of the lake where the Park was located to find that the only place there was a bar called Lakeview Bar and Grille, along with a small scenic park in front of it. After walking around the park and reading the signs posted around it, I learned that the park was closed down due to it being on an old Indian burial ground

Wanting to do something fun, I decided to bike around the lake. I noticed a small bike shop down by the shores and proceeded inside. Realizing that the place only sold bikes and did not rent them out, I used my alien mind control powers to persuade the shopkeeper into letting me borrow a bike for a little bit. I then proceeded to ride the bike around the lake on a road called Lake Drive, as I was told that it circled the whole entire lake. The houses built on the lake were enormous and I thought to myself on how cool it would be to own one of these houses.

As I made my way around the lake, I realized that I was heavily out of shape due to using the Space Pocket Watch to do my traveling. I stop at a restaurant located across the street from the lake. It looked to be an old fashioned American drive in called Tom’s Root Beer Stand. I thought this would be a fantastic way to have an American Experience as well as to give my body some rest from the biking. I ordered a chili dog along with a root beer that was made right at the stand. I made sure that everything I ordered was lactate free, even though the root beer float looked really good. After I ordered, I walked across the street and I sat at a table that overlooked the lake. A few minutes later, a person came out from the stand and brought me my food right to the table. I proceeded to eat the hot dog and cool myself down with the very tasty homemade root beer. 

As I looked out over the lake, I remembered my time in Walled Lake. Even though I would have loved to see the Amusement Park in its prime and I felt bad for manipulating a person's free will with my mind, it was nice to see the quaint and small things that made the lake a humble city.