Kevin, Ellie, Emma and I just got back from our very short trip to Michigan. We left at 8am on Thursday the 1st, arrived in Alma MI (mother in laws) at 3:00am. I then went to Manistee to see Sarah from Friday to Saturday and then drove back to Alma for the family Christmas party on Saturday morning. Suddenly it was time to go home...Left at 7am or so and got into MN at about 10pm. Whew!! I don't think I have ever been so sick of driving in all of my life!! Oh, and I have to say that Wisconsin is the most uninteresting state to drive through that I have ever been in! You can't even make conversation because there is nothing outside the windows to talk about except bad drivers and snow. Ugh! Still, the trip was a learning experience... I learned many things, listed below:
1) Emma does NOT like riding in the car. Ellie did wonderfully, and she has always been pretty good with trips. Not so with Emma. She was PISSED OFF.
2) Kevin does not make small talk well after about 5 hours of driving. Neither do I.
3) Portable DVD players are a gift from the cosmos. I should buy stock in them.
4) Don't stop at the Perkin's in Black River Falls, WI. We spent over an hour waiting for our food. No joke. Our waitress was older than Moses and moved half as fast. We waisted 2 hours there total.
5) 1 night isn't enough time to catch up with your best friend when you haven't seen her in 2 years...but when you're good friends you can pick up a conversation like it's only been days since you've seen each other. I love that.
Sooooo....that's just a glimpse at some of the new information I now have. For all of those I didn't get to see when I was in MI I am so sorry and I am going to try to get back after the snow. Please don't think I didn't want to see you all, I did...but our time was so short and family duty called. But I love you ALL!!!!
1 comment:
Okay, I'll give you that Wisconsin is boring, however, Indiana tops it. Trust me on this one! In the winter, it's hour after hour of flat nothingness. In the summer it's hour after hour of corn. At least in WI, there is a change of altitude from time to time, not just flat, flat, flat, flat.
And as another FYI, maps retrieved from rest areas make interesting conversation -- it goes something like this "hey, did you ever know there was a place called Paris in Michigan? or Lebanon in Tennessee? or on and on and on. Yes, it's annoying after a while, but it's something. Yes, 16 hours in a car is E-NUFF!!!
:-) See you some time soon - and yes, I'd love pictures! 514 Oak.
C
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