Holy cow its already July. We’re done blowing things up (except for some of our neighbors who insist on continuing grrrr) and our little summer vacation up to Glenn Michigan is done.

So, heres a brief synopsis of our trip (pictures). The first half of the week was blazing hot, and of course there was no air conditioning so we were roughing it by drinking much beer and eating ice pops. Food was one of the first things on our mind up there, must be the country air. We ate like pigs everyday it seemed, time to do some more running. My folks, Dennis and Jamie were also up there for the first weekend and we all had a grand old time.
Pretty much all we did the rest of the week was to either take naps, read, drink and eat or play on a playground (Eriks new obsession).

We made a couple of forays out of the homestead though. One day we went to Grand Rapids and checked out the Childrens Museum there. We also went to Saugatuck quite a bit to sample some of the “finer” foods and wine tasting. We walked out of there with a case and a half worth of wine no thanks to Fenn Valley Vineyard and Tabor Hill. Mmmmmmm, Tabor Hill…

Anyways, we also went to Holland for a day (booooring) and to yet another park near there. I tried finding a good inland lake to go fishing in but it was too hot so shore fishing was out of the question.

I do have to report we did get a visit from the resident ghost, Betty, in the house on Thursday night. There have been other incidents in the same room with different people but this was my first. We were all sleeping, Trisha and I were in the guest room (apparently this is Betty’s room) and it was still hot so the windows were open. The evening was very windy, the window shades were rattling constantly or the door kept creeping open. I was probably half asleep when I felt someone grab my upper arm as if to try and wake me. There was no mistaking that feeling. I woke up and asked Trisha what she wanted. She said that she wasn’t trying to wake me, so then who was? Ohh man…Insert Twilight Zone music here.

So since we clearly we overstaying our welcome in the house, we decided to leave Friday night instead of on Saturday. No way I’m sleeping in that room anymore! Hey I’m a wus, I’ll admit it.

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