Unlike
last year when I went up to Traverse City, this time Dem and I didn't do an too much stuff. It was much more of a relaxing weekend rather then an experience Traverse City weekend, which was really nice actually. However, it doesn't make for the best blog entry, but fortunately Dem and I are really fun and thus everything we do is actually exciting.
We took off from Ann Arbor Thursday evening and it took quite a bit of time to get up there...turns out a lot of people wanted to go north at that same time. Below is a picture Dem took of the Zilwaukee Bridge, which if you look close you notice that besides a ton of traffic we are all on the wrong side of the highway...weird.
Zilwaukee Bridge with cars on the wrong side of the highway.
We managed to get to the cottage that we were staying at for a night. Friends of Dem's parents lent the cottage to them for a night. It was on Long Lake with a nice view...see below.
Dem sitting on the deck overlooking Long Lake.
I also have to include the traditional Dem/Brian self picture...though this time Dem took the picture. Dem's brother was actually sitting right there when we took this, but why break the traditional of taking our own picture.
Dem and I
Friday evening we went back to Dem's parent's house and spent the majority of the weekend there. We filled most of the time with games (scrabble, crossword puzzles, wii, basketball, running, Super Mario Brothers 3, etc). We also got to see some fireworks on Long Lake Saturday and light some of our own off Friday. It was also nice to spent some time playing (or maybe watching him eat, try to eat something, or just lay there) with Dem's dog, Cal (pictured below).
Cal
We were also able to do a little bit of work on Saturday. I had to remake some figures for my JFM paper and Dem wanted to pick lavender, which she picked a ton.
A small sample of the lavender that is in Dem's parent's backyard.
Then Sunday we spent the morning/afternoon laying around, playing wii, and getting another run in. After that we started making the track back to Ann Arbor at about 5pm, which we didn't actual get home until some where around 11pm (if memory serves me correctly). Highlights from the trip home include stopping at Taco Bell, Dairy Queen, and Burger King (all before getting to I-75), the hood of my car some how coming loose (I noticed before anything bad happened), sitting in traffic, and chatting with Dem (plus both of our parents for a bit).
PS.
Dem and I saw Wall-E and recommend it to anyone, as is apparent from Dem's face going into the movie (and she wasn't disappointed).
Joy, Dem, me, Karen, and Mike + 1 sparkler + camera flash + timer + long exposure
Dem's first work of sparkler art.
My second (and best) attempt at spelling my last night...I'm not very good at writing with a pen and paper when I can see it, so writing with fire in mid air was not a strength of mine.
With a little help from our friends...awwww.
It was then concluded with a pretty sweet firework show courtesy of Mike...well done.
