The weather was so beautiful on Thursday that I just couldn't sit in my office with no windows wishing to be with Pat - then Greg came in the office and said I should take Friday off too - Yahoo - I did just that!
We had a gift certificate for a free night at Shanty Creek up in Bellaire - we had never been there and we needed to use it Mon-Thur by the end of May - so this was a perfect opportunity to go on a buying trip. I called to see if there was a room available and they answered the phone with "It's another beautiful day at Shanty Creek, how may I help you?"
We drove through Mt. Pleasant, stopping at a few shops that are always closed when we go on Sundays, then stopping at every thrift store we found on the way. When we got to Shanty Creek we checked into a beautiful room - the staff was so nice - a genuine nice - not something you feel as if they are doing because they have to!
Then Pat realized it was Thursday and that we could drive into Traverse City for burger night. So we had a beautiful drive through the blossoming cherry trees. We stopped at Turtle Creek for a few slot machine pulls - the first one was a win of $113 so that was fun.
Then we went back to the motel and watched the Tigers have TWO GRAND SLAMS - what fun that was - Yeah, Brandon Inge and Ryan Rayburn!
On Friday we decided to drive up to the UP - we always go West - so we decided to go to Sault Ste. Marie - it was a nice drive but long. We didn't see any boats in the locks but we saw a fox run right through town.
We spent the night in Mackinaw City and watched another great Tiger game. We like to watch it at the Keyhole bar - but - there was a rain delay so we watched it from our room.
On our way home we drove through Cheboygan, Harrisville, Oscoda and Tawas. It was such a great trip - filled with beautiful spring days. I bought tons of dishes to sell this summer and fall - can't wait to wrap the spoons and knives to match them.
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