Easter 2006

I left my office on Thursday straight for Traverse City. The drive was uneventful except for one instant when an old lady almost hit me from the side when she changed into my lane without looking into anything but her mirrors. I was the first to arrive so I staked out my usual room. My brother, his wife and her 2 kids arrived late that night. I didn't do much that night except surf the web.

Friday morning not much happened either, so I dropped off my car to get it's 30,000 mile inspection. When I got it back in the afternoon I spent part of the nice day cleaning the car inside and out. My brother scheduled some dinner time with our 3 nieces, but he did this through their dad and none of the girls were aware of this.... until the phone call by him asking if they were ready. So I went over their house early and hung out. When dinner hour approached I took Alex and Gabby to the restaurant. I called my brother and he was running late and asked me to pick up Danielle at the mall. After a nice filling meal I took the girls back to their house. Alex, Danielle and I went out on some bikes and played around the yard. Things like hitting tennis balls etc. Around 8:30 I took off to prepare to go out drinking with my brother. We convinced my sister and her husband to join me, my brother and his wife at the bar. They only ended up staying for one drink though. They just had to rush off to the casino. We all had a good time and walked home at around 1am.

Saturday the nieces came over around 10am. No one did anything until around 11am when us kids split into two groups. My brother and family plus Gabby went to the mall. Me and my sister, husband and Alex and Danielle went for a drive into the country. We drove by one of our first homes and looked how much it changed. During the trip Alex and Danielle drove for most of the way... minus the city driving. We ended up going out toward the Sleeping Bear Dunes. We took a seasonal road to the edge of the dunes and climbed up to the top until we could see lake Michigan. I took some pics of it... hopefully I can attach one. More are at my forum which is linked here... I think. I was exhausted after the climb and found myself on all fours at one point just to continue on. But being dehydrated from drinking the night before didn't help at all and led to a queesy stomach near the top. I asked Alex to scout ahead and she went another ridge ahead of us. When she got there we heard some voices and noticed a group of guys taking an official trail in the park. I guess one asked another why he was taking so many pictures of my niece. We could hear good and one could hear another in normal voice over a great distance there. When we left we headed to Moomers, an Ice Cream place. My mom had Easter dinner ready at 5 because everyone was leaving on Easter Sunday.

On Sunday I took off after a few hours since everyone else was doing so. Since my parents don't do anything when I'm there I might as well spend time doing nothing at my place.