Roadtrip! Day 3
The concern-of-the-day on Saturday was trying to get up to Traverse City before dinnertime, while still trying to surprise my mum. It turned out that we were never going to surprise her -- my dad had accidentally cc'ed her on an email earlier that week... but she was very pleased nonetheless, and we had a great time celebrating at Haddie's restaurant in Sutton's Bay, with my parents, my sister (who flew in from Baltimore for the occasion), and my parents friends, Greg and Trish Phebing.
Next morning -- woke up, packed up, and headed over to Nicki's parent's house. Quite by coincidence, they only live about 45 minutes from my parents! Nic's folks are building a store next to their house -- Nicki's mother and sisters make really fine all-natural soaps, lotions, etc. The house has been framed and sided, so very little imagination was needed to see the main store, the cashier's desk, the office, the prep room, etc. It'll be very cool to see it finished, especially after seeing it as a work-in-progress. We checked out their barn (chock full of Nicki's grandfather's treasures), and walked down to the lake behind their house. Nicki climbed the old grain silo (just to be sure she still had it in her). We had some pizza and told more stories, then sadly had to climb back in the car for the final push home.
By the time we got back to Sweet Home Chicago, the odometer said we'd put about 1300 miles on the car in the past 3 days. It was a long weekend, make no mistake -- but a really, really great time for Nic and me to see friends and family, and for us to be together.
Next morning -- woke up, packed up, and headed over to Nicki's parent's house. Quite by coincidence, they only live about 45 minutes from my parents! Nic's folks are building a store next to their house -- Nicki's mother and sisters make really fine all-natural soaps, lotions, etc. The house has been framed and sided, so very little imagination was needed to see the main store, the cashier's desk, the office, the prep room, etc. It'll be very cool to see it finished, especially after seeing it as a work-in-progress. We checked out their barn (chock full of Nicki's grandfather's treasures), and walked down to the lake behind their house. Nicki climbed the old grain silo (just to be sure she still had it in her). We had some pizza and told more stories, then sadly had to climb back in the car for the final push home.
By the time we got back to Sweet Home Chicago, the odometer said we'd put about 1300 miles on the car in the past 3 days. It was a long weekend, make no mistake -- but a really, really great time for Nic and me to see friends and family, and for us to be together.
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