Today went well, albeit quite rushed. We were all relieved to reach the campground and our FIRST official destination: Milford, Michigan...home of one Daniel Eugene Foote, recent high school GRADUATE. (Gotta say that again...GRADUATE!!! GADS! Hard to believe our "little" nephew has graduated from high school!) Anyhow, we had PLANNED (there's that word again!) to have enough time to take my Mom and all her belongings to my sister's house, but seeing as how time hadn't been on our side for the entire trip so far, we had to call and ask them to come to the park to pick her up. It was all Steve's fault....gotta blame someone! In searching for campgrounds on-line while planning this leg of the trip, he found a great campground that would give us three free nights of camping if we'd take a tour and listen to them spout the wonders of their little piece of heaven. (Anyone who knows my husband knows that "free" is his favorite word. Just sayin'....) Our appointment was at 3 and seeing as how we didn't arrive until 2:35 AND we had to get the camper all plugged in so the dogs would have air conditioning while we were gone, we were RUSHING to say the very least. After a harried "hi" to my sister and her kids, they whisked my Mom off to their house for more party preparations while Steve and I hustled to our appointment. It really DID turn out to be a bit of "heaven". If you ever have the desire to head to parts more Northern, look up Waldenwoods Family campground in Hartland, Michigan. If we lived closer, we would most likely be signing away ownership of our first born (sorry, Alex!) to buy a little piece of the pie there. VERY nice. Anyhow, after the talk and a really nice tour via a golf cart -- the place literally reminded me of the camp scenes from the movie Dirty Dancing (I sort of aged myself when I said that to "Libby", our very young guide. She looked at me with the vacant look of someone trying to figure out what in the heck Dirty Dancing was! DUH! She probably didn't even know who Patrick Swayze was!)--we ended up taking all of my Mom's stuff to my sister's house and after unloading, Steve and my brother-in-law went and picked up some sandwiches for dinner (from an AWESOME place called Pomodoros) while Mom, my sister and I all caught up on party plans. Great night. Glad to be here and grateful to see everyone. Got back to the camper pretty late. Dead tired. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
A RUSHED Arrival (June 14)
Today went well, albeit quite rushed. We were all relieved to reach the campground and our FIRST official destination: Milford, Michigan...home of one Daniel Eugene Foote, recent high school GRADUATE. (Gotta say that again...GRADUATE!!! GADS! Hard to believe our "little" nephew has graduated from high school!) Anyhow, we had PLANNED (there's that word again!) to have enough time to take my Mom and all her belongings to my sister's house, but seeing as how time hadn't been on our side for the entire trip so far, we had to call and ask them to come to the park to pick her up. It was all Steve's fault....gotta blame someone! In searching for campgrounds on-line while planning this leg of the trip, he found a great campground that would give us three free nights of camping if we'd take a tour and listen to them spout the wonders of their little piece of heaven. (Anyone who knows my husband knows that "free" is his favorite word. Just sayin'....) Our appointment was at 3 and seeing as how we didn't arrive until 2:35 AND we had to get the camper all plugged in so the dogs would have air conditioning while we were gone, we were RUSHING to say the very least. After a harried "hi" to my sister and her kids, they whisked my Mom off to their house for more party preparations while Steve and I hustled to our appointment. It really DID turn out to be a bit of "heaven". If you ever have the desire to head to parts more Northern, look up Waldenwoods Family campground in Hartland, Michigan. If we lived closer, we would most likely be signing away ownership of our first born (sorry, Alex!) to buy a little piece of the pie there. VERY nice. Anyhow, after the talk and a really nice tour via a golf cart -- the place literally reminded me of the camp scenes from the movie Dirty Dancing (I sort of aged myself when I said that to "Libby", our very young guide. She looked at me with the vacant look of someone trying to figure out what in the heck Dirty Dancing was! DUH! She probably didn't even know who Patrick Swayze was!)--we ended up taking all of my Mom's stuff to my sister's house and after unloading, Steve and my brother-in-law went and picked up some sandwiches for dinner (from an AWESOME place called Pomodoros) while Mom, my sister and I all caught up on party plans. Great night. Glad to be here and grateful to see everyone. Got back to the camper pretty late. Dead tired. Looking forward to tomorrow.
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