RoadTrip: enjoyed a wonderful lakeside home in Michigan

7AM 10/12/2012

Hi Sandy, & Keren & Michael, et. al.

I got your message about you now having a greeting for your cell phone (reminds me that I need to update my google-phone msg...)

In Michigan, (a few days ago now) I did go up to Bob's house and got some shots of the awesome autumn foliage there - though it was cloudy at the time) and ran into Linda and we talked for a few minutes (she showed me some of her daughter's framed photo-prints of the Sawtooths and described the remodeling that Bob had done on the ground floor.)  That was sure a nice place you stayed at while here in Michigan!

Karen & Michael made me a delicious two-cook meal. Karen did the salad and Risoto, and Michael made the salad dressing & roasted the chicken, while I just had my hands in my pockets asking "is there something I could do or contribute to?"  I did offer my trail mix... and copied to their thumb-drive a bunch of picts I had  taken of Karen's garden in autumn-garb.

I left the next morning (yesterday) taking with me a bunch of cherry tomatoes and two books from the boxes of books that didn't sell at an event she had donated the books to (we drove somewhere during the day to retrieve the remainder - gave us a chance to talk - and do a bit of grocery shopping...)  I really enjoyed my stay and the chance to meet your sis and Michael.  I'll have to create an excuse next spring to veer from my planned return-route to revisit ...if only to take a closer look at all the plant books in Karen & Michael's collection!  

Thanks Karen & Michael!

Gary

Hi Gary,
I'm so glad you had a good time at Karen and Michael's and got a chance to meet Linda.
Sounds like you had a stroll down memory lane in Cleveland. Did you get a chance to visit your mom's grave? Is your dad buried there, too?
Well, at least you have family to see in CT and it looks like there still might be some fall color when you get there. Let me know when you arrive safely. I guess you're getting a taste of the cold weather back east. I personally dislike it after the leaves fall off the trees.
I've got a mild cold and still recovering from that surgury last week, but I did go for a hike at Armstrong Woods with Kathrin, Darlene and her friend, Randi.
Sandy