After a trip to an event to visit our geocaching neighbors to the north with Caching Conductor. In the north is funny coming from a Canadian but 38% of the population of the US is above us in the Windsor area. I just had to make my second Michigan geocache hide. I had a few of my favorite containers (if you want some message me) with me so after finding a few caches in the area and sharing FTF's on two new caches with the folks from the event I found me a spot. Might not have been my most creative spot but it was getting dark and we had to go back across the board real soon to get home. So I hope you find the extra smile worth the time to come for the view of the traffic on the I96.
Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods (most of which were built in the 1950s and 1960s) connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The municipality is a part of Metro Detroit, and is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, and less than two miles (3 km) from the western city limits of Detroit (Redford Township lies between the two).
First settled by pioneers from New England and New York, an act by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan established the borders of Livonia Township on March 17, 1835. The settlers brought with them the name "Livonia", a name that had already been given to Livonia, New York, Livonia, Pennsylvania and a region of the Baltic Sea named Livonia in present-day Estonia and Latvia, from which many early settlers came. During the days of the city being a township, many small communities have existed. One of these was Elmwood, initially known as McKinley's Station. It was a stop on the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. It had a post office from 1858 until 1906. There was a post office in the township named Giltedge from 1899 until 1902. Livonia was incorporated into a city on May 23, 1950, by vote of the citizens of the township. A significant motivation was to gain tax revenues from the DRC (Detroit Race Course), which was Michigan's only thoroughbred horse race track. (It closed in 1998.)