So lets see.. road trips this summer… beaches, breweries, boardwalks, wineries, and the icing on the cake.. the lighthouses of Michigan!
T -76 Days: Making it possible
My wife is a worrier too. And a doer. The amount of work needed to get ready for Michigan has been overwhelming. Especially when I have been focused on work. She has been doing way more than her fair share. My wife is the reason we are this close to making our dream a reality….
T -77 Days: Sometimes you just have to say
I have always been a worrier. Worried about today, worried about tomorrow, worried about 10 years from now. Not wanting to make a mistake. Playing it safe. My favorite professional football team has a coach whose first instinct is to play it safe. He had a quarterback who played it safe. He had a defensive…
T -78 Days: Never wish your life away
Yes, you should never, ever wish your life away. But this one time, one time only, if I could flip the calendar forward 78 days and avoid the stress of everything going on I absolutely … crap…. ok I wouldn’t. Never wish your life away. There is always something to be experienced, to be enjoyed….
T -79 Days: Failure deprived
Failure Deprived When I was an elementary school kid back in northwest Iowa many years ago, I discovered the joy of playing basketball. It quickly became an obsession. No parents, no leagues. Just neighborhood basketball every day. No matter how hot, or cold. Even thru the winter, we’d be out there shoveling off the court,…
T -80 Days: Pot for all
Marijuana in Michigan The PureMichigan website will be getting a new idea under their “things to do” this fall. Marijuana looks like it will become legal when it gets on the ballot this November and polls say it has a 60% approval rating. Two more “yes” votes heading that way… even tho it is not our…
T -81 Days: Beer here
Breweries and brewpubs in Michigan total 256. But what I really look forward to are the over 100 wineries. A great many of them are clustered along the western Michigan coast. Makes for great summer road trips… visiting beaches and wineries for many years to come.
T -82 Days: Singapore Michigan
Singapore, Michigan Ever heard of it? Founded in 1836, it no longer exists. Swallowed by the shifting sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan… a bit south of where we will live. When we originally lived in Holland, I had heard about this famous ghost town. It was used as an example of why…
T -83 Days: Tom Petty does freedom
Every now and then I get down to the end of the day I have to stop and ask myself why I’ve done it It just seems so useless to have to work so hard And nothin’ ever really seems to come from it But then she looks me in the eye and says “We’re…
T -84 Days: Photgraphers do Michigan
Another restroom conversation yesterday (since we don’t have an elevator). With a co-worker who has been occasionally thinking about retirement, but just can’t decide. I asked him what he has always wanted to do with his life. He talked about photography being a love. I said… move to Michigan! Ice volcanos or ice geysers, yet…