Michigan

  • Homeward bound

    Once we got up, had breakfast and got the car packed back up, we were on the road before 9:00am today.  It wasn’t a far drive, actually it was just across the street to our first stop, the Christmas Tree Shops.  We got there just as the doors opened and we were the first ones…

  • The best birthday ever

    Happy Birthday to me!!! I love sleeping in on my birthday.  After enjoying breakfast by the pool, Karen and I went out to do some last minute shopping.  When we got back, we decided to enjoy one final swim.  Instead of going out, we ordered in Chinese food and had a relaxing dinner.  There was even…

  • It’s all about the meat

    6:00am came pretty early today especially when you check the time every half hour.  We were able to find a direct flight to Los Angeles with Northwest Airlines ($370 USD).  We left Detroit at 9:35am and arrived in Los Angeles at 11:35am local time. Once the shuttle bus finally arrived at Hertz ($420 USD), we picked up our Toyota Highlander…