Heading Home

I’m finally heading home tomorrow after spending eight days in Michigan. I’m not ready to leave, but I don’t really see a day coming when I’ll be more ready. So I might as well start the long drive home.


The visit with family has been great – a mix of quiet lazy days and some noteworthy experiences: my grand-niece, Kendal, graduated from eighth grade while I was here, and my nephew and his wife bought three horses in the last several days.

I also spent a little time playing the tourist. I visited a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan, had a great time at an Amish store near Clare, checked out a country auction near Lake George, and visited the famous Cops and Doughnuts bakery three times!

Probably the goofiest thing I did was to look at several houses in the neighborhood with a realtor today. I fell in love with a lakefront cabin, so decided I should get the facts about it instead of building it up as some sort of perfect fantasy get-away in my mind

Highlights of my stay here: Meeting my two grand-nephews and grand-niece. Going to Kendal’s graduation. Seeing the gorgeous expanse of Lake Michigan. Browsing the aisles at the Amish store. (Have you ever heard of a gasoline-powered iron?!) Making doughnut runs to Cops and Doughnuts. Shooting several different revolvers and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol on my nephew’s property. Meeting Scott and Cathy’s new horses. Hearing some pretty amazing stories about my brother. And spending so much time with my family.