So...where were we on the summer travels roadtrip saga? Ah, yes...on the road to the UP. For those of you in the states not surrounding Michigan, the UP is the common name for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Funny how I've never heard the rest of MI referred to as the LP!
Well, every good road trip starts with road food, right? What better place than Denny's 5th Aveunue Bakery. The rest of the gang got an assortment of cookies. I got a bacon maple bar. Oh yeah...bacon really does make everything better - I don't even like maple bars! But with bacon on it.... not crumbled bacon. Not bacon bits. A full length, perfectly cooked strip of bacon! Okay! With this in hand, I can handle the backseat for a while! And we're off!
We're driving. And driving. And driving. B has the first shift (and most of them, actually), with sis by his side. I am stuck in the backseat, which is now STUCK, since the bacon maple bar has been rightfully and selfishly consumed!, with mom (who is the ultimate perfect passenger!). Now, don't get this wrong. I am not stuck in the backseat with mom. I am stuck, in the backseat, with mom.
Get it? I HATE THE BACKSEAT! Nothing to do, nothing to see, no room to stretch.
Finally! We cross the stateline into Wisconsin...Menomonie has a rest stop in it. (Okay. Is anyone else hearing the music to "Texas Has A Whorehouse In It" looping through their heads, or is it just me?). Feels good to stop and stretch...and, ya know...pee. And we're back...pile back into the car and here we go....more asphalt to cover, more farms to drive by, yet another church, more farmland and fields and road...I do love a good road trip!
Is anyone else hungry? Time to stop. Don't know where we are really, but there are places to eat, and it's my job to pick one out! I choose Hudsons Classic Grill! Fish Fry is their middle name! 'cept I had a burger. A most delicious and tasty burger. Now that we've eaten, who wants to drive? Not me! We all just want a nap! But at least this time I get the front seat! Sanp! Sanp! Snap! How many pictures of the open road do I need? A LOT! And what a lot of it there was!
Whoa! Go back! We are in the township of Watersmeet, MI. I can only guess that it got it's name because that's maybe where the waters meet? Makes sense. Anyone care to guess why the Watersmeet Township School is the "home of the Nimrods?" Anyone? Bueller? It was enough for us all to do a doubletake! Thank goodness for the internet and smartphones, so we could look it up and see that "Nimrod" has origins beyond the way we use it today! FYI: Nimrod: a descendant of Ham represented in Genesis as a mighty hunter and a king of Shinar. Whew! I feel a little bit better about that now! But still....
Let me just take a moment here to say thank you to GyPSy...the portable GPS device B had the foresight to bring along! I named her Gypsy. She has cute little Australian accent, and had us turn onto roads I never would have, but she always got us to point B.
Ponit B! We are in Mass City! Something tells me I don't have an internet connection here! Until next time...
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