After 900 Miles

To make the story of our weekend adventure short, let me just say that Joe ALMOST won a brand-new pickup truck. We had to drive 8 hours, to near Flint, MI, on Friday to find out if Joe's key would start the truck or not. Like many others before and after us, we came home with a pair of Rolex-style watches (that means 100% China made in a very nice box). It was certainly an interesting experience.
But our drive wasn't a total waste. We drove an extra hour to visit Joe's sister Anne who recently moved down there for a job.
We had good beer and burgers at Hamlin Pub. Anne was making us monkey bread for an evening snack.

We put our pj's on and had a movie night in her living room. No pillow fight this time.... Note: our air bed (right) took up more space than Anne's entire belongings and furniture (Wait, there is no furniture, Anne!!) This was funny.

Next morning we had breakfast at nearby Village Cafe and took a little stroll, checking out a neighbor Mexican grocery store, a butcher, and a farmers market. It was fun to help Anne explore her new town a bit.

As always, it was great to be home, though.

Yesterday, Sunday, I got up at 5 a.m. with Joe to sit in his deer blind from dawn till dusk. I slept, and slept. I'd say I slept 80% of the time I was in the blind. I ended up lying down on the ground with a blanket. Luckily it was not too cold out. But it must have been too warm for deer with winter coats to be active during the day. Joe only heard, but didn't see any deer. Hopefully the temperature drops like a normal deer season soon.