December 2, 2004 - More Turkey Day Pictures!
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TJ just sent me a batch of pictures that he took over Thanksgiving, so I thought I might throw them up here as well! Enjoy and thanks to T-Daddy for passing them along!
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November 28, 2004 - To Grandmother's House We Go - Part II
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After a rather eventful trip down, we spent Thanksgiving Day at my Mom's house with my sisters, their families, my brother, and my parents... and 2 cats... and a dog. Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 28, 2004 - Over the River and Through the Woods - Part I
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Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas season has begun (well, it actually began about 6 weeks ago when the tv ads started appearing, but we'll pretend it is just starting). We have returned from the fields of Indiana and its amber waves of grain, having spent 3 days with my family in Wabash. And it was quite a trip.
I have made the 300 mile, five and a half hour, drive from Traverse City to Wabash over a hundred times and have only spent the night in a hotel once (when our car broke down and needed fixed)... until this trip. We left TC at about 5pm and the snow was already starting, though not yet in any threatening form (notice the clever use of the word yet). By the time we hit Cadillac "them bears was a wall to wall... yeah them smokies was thick as bugs on a bumper..." wait... wrong story... that was from Convoy?! Anyway, by the time we got to Cadillac (about 45mins from home), the snow was full force and traffic was nasty. Everyone cautiously crawled at a speedy 35mph for the next two and half hours, until Jess & I stopped at McD's on the north side of Grand Rapids (see first picture) for a break and a burger (in that order). After mentally and physically refueling, we decided to continue south in hopes the weather would break. Well, it didn't! I finally threw in the towel and we spent the night at a Comfort Inn just north of Kalamazoo... at 9:30pm... four and half hours after leaving home (note: under normal conditions it takes about two and half hours to get to Kalamazoo ). After checking in and getting settled, I snapped a couple more pictures from the hotel and of Jess *finally* relaxing!
We got up the next morning, enjoyed the Comfort Inn's continental breakfast, and hit the road at about 8:00am. Though the driving was still a bit slow in places, we managed to make Wabash by 11am... Happy Thanksgiving!
Part II of the trip coming shortly...
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