Slagletown, USA briefly relocated to Michigan this weekend. Funny how things happen like that. Meeks and I figured it would be cheaper/funner to drive than to fly so we rented a car and made our way the 11 or so hours to Michigan from NY. The original intention had been to leave the city on Thursday night and spend the night somewhere in Pennsylvania (yes, the idea of visiting Punxsutawney on the off-season was briefly entertained), but in the end we decided to just drive straight on through.
I won't bore you with the details, but will instead list the highlights of our trip, in chronological order:
1. The Budget Inn - the finest lodging establishment this side of the Mason-Dixon.
Fine and dandy.
2. Oh. Hi! Oh.
3. The Diego Rivera mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts
4. Rallyburgers at Checkers (Mike liked his Big Buford so much that he went back up and got a double cheeseburger to wash it down)
5. Korey's wedding
6. Standing almost 4 hours in the rain, snow, and sleet with sopping wet feet just to watch Michigan get its butt beat by Northwestern from the first row at the 45 yard line.
Mike channeled his inner viking to survive The Perfect Storm.
7. The Michigan Marching Band (no explanation necessary)
8. Buying a $6 sack of kettle corn on the way out of the stadium
9. The Heidelberg
10. A 4 hour dinner with my sister and brother in law
11. Drinking organic wine with Kala out of dixie cups
12. Kala's Santa Claus sack of weed
13. Jack Tar's Wii
14. Mike spilling red wine on Jack Tar's cream colored armchair. Twice.
15. Going to bed and laughing hysterically for a full 10 minutes over Kala's Santa Claus-sized sack of weed.
16. White knuckle driving through the snow and rain in the Pennsylvania hills
17. Enjoying delicious giant dill pickles at 70 MPH.
Mike, in a pickle.
12. Surviving the Lincoln Tunnel
13. Home, sweet, home.
1 comment:
Man, I could really go for a pickle.
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