Well, from the parking lot at "The Joan" to my sister's driveway was only about an hour 10 minutes. Traffic was non-existent. The dogs went nuts when they saw us (of course). THe weather was about the same - high 60's and not a cloud in the sky. We hung around the house for a little while and then headed out fort dinner at Schulers Restaurant in Stevensville. Odd thing about the food - it was warm, not hot. Good, but warm. Odd. We were stuffed and passed on dessert and just headed back to the house to just veg-out for a while, and then off to bed.
The next morning was sunny, clear, and chilly. After reading and morning coffee, Diane & Melinda worked on breakfast (complete with bacon from Falatic's Meat Market). THen we all got dressed to go shopping at Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets mall in Michigan City. Everybody had a sidewalk sale going (well, everyone except Bose), so there was a lot of shopping - and a lot of sitting on benches in the sun, waiting for people to come out of stores or waiting for people to join-up the group again. Then - back to the house for lunch. Diane grilled-up some burgers, dogs, and brats (all from Falatic's) and some corn on the cob. We ate and sat and talked more. Eventually, we started on our way back home (after stopping at a truck stop looking for Dentyne for Carol) and A&W (to take 2 half-gallons of root beer home). The drive was much better than I had expected - it only took 2 hours to drive back into the city, drop of my Mom and drive out to the suburbs to get home. We enjoyed our time up there - it was too short and Caro and I were regretting having to go to work tomorrow.
2006- TV Cheeky Monkey
2005- A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
2004- Far Far Away
2002- White Sox 2 - Tigers 9