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[mrs_sweetpeach]

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I am completely worn out from the long Labor Day weekend. We went to work as usual on Thursday, then came home and started packing for our trip to Northern Michigan. We got to bed at a reasonable hour (at least by my standards) and got up fairly early. We bought a few groceries for jebra's parents on the way out of town, then got on the freeway and drove to their house.

The folks were happy to see us and I was happy to see them too. This was the first time I've seen them this year.

We arrived at the lodge before dark and unpacked. mbumby and traveller42 arrived several hours later. The four of us talked and just relaxed before turning in for the night.

Saturday morning we four went out for breakfast and start the Virtual First Saturday event. As we knew the time would work for us, we (meaning jebra and mbumby and myself) decided we'd play with a group in the United Kingdom, as did another of our real life friends, iHermit. We all played well.

After that we went back to the lodge for a couple of hours. In the late afternoon traveller42 drove us to Mackinaw City so that we could walk a dozen Ingress Missions. I'm not sure how far we walked but it was several miles. Following our walk we went to Darrow's for dinner, also picking up four pieces of pie to have for breakfast on Sunday.

We spent most of Sunday at the lodge. I brought my copy of Good Omens to camp and we watched the first three episodes before going out for dinner. After dinner we returned and watched the last three. It's a fun series and I was happy we could share it with mbumby and traveller42. I was also happy that I finally got to see it myself. I was starting to think that the pandemic would be over before I did.

On Monday we met with jebra's sister and her husband for lunch at Darrow's, then the four of us drove back to Cheboygan and walked across the State Street Bridge. Following the walk traveller42 took us back to camp before saying goodbye and heading home.

We stayed through to the next morning, packed up, added some coolant to the engine, and started the long drive home. We made it about half way before the engine temperature climbed to an unsafe degree. jebra pulled off to the side and we called AAA. We ended up with two tow trucks (still don't quite understand how *that* happened); one of them towed us to a local tire/repair shop and a new radiator was ordered. They found one not too far away and arranged to have it delivered. Meanwhile, mbumby began driving north to pick me up and take me home. jebra stayed behind with the hope that the repair job would be finished later that day and with the thought that if it wasn't he could spend the night at his cousin's place.

I arrived home in time to join the first Black Sheep Knitting Guild meeting of the year. It was a virtual one but it was great seeing more folks than I had all summer. And seeing the lovely things everyone created. I had a hell of a time staying awake though. The trip simply wore me out.

jebra arrived home a few hours after I did. The repair was completed before the shop closed for the night and he had dinner with his cousin before coming home.

Today he tried to rent the lodge for Labor Day weekend 2021. Unfortunately for us, it was reserved yesterday by another party and they want it for two weeks with Labor Day in the middle. I don't know what he is going to do. I don't camp and hotels up there are hella expensive. He may decide that camping without me but being able to walk the bridge outweighs staying home with me.

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Comments

[wpadmirer]

Sounds like it was a good weekend! Even with the changes in plans due to Covid.

I hope you recover well from it and enjoy next weekend as well.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

Thank you!

[jennlk]

Sorry to hear about the car trouble, but glad that it was nothing dangerous.

It sounds as though you had a good time, though, and that was the point of the trip. We missed you, but I think we were better off staying home. Still not sure how we'd have managed sharing one bathroom with six people.... (especially as J has been in contact with *lots* of new people over the last week or so. He went to half a dozen stores last week and tried on shoes, went to the permitting office three times, Menards/Lowe's/HD three times, etc.)

It was a bummer to hear about the lodge for next year, although it may turn out to not be a problem -- I wouldn't be surprised if the Bridgewalk is cancelled next year. The state's been making noises about not allowing it for a couple of years, and while cancelling it for 2020 made all kinds of sense, I don't know if the Mackinaw area chamber of commerce will be able to convince the state that it's necessary. There are a couple of hotels in Cheyboygan that don't inflate their Labor Day rates quite as much as the Mackinaw hotels, and it's easy to do the Cheboygan Bridge Walk from there. :)

We didn't do a bridge walk - J went out kayaking with his coworkers, while I stayed home with my poison ivy.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I, too, was thinking that there may not be a bridge walk in 2021 and that might be a good reason not to reserve the lodge. Now it is a moot point, but still. I would miss the State Street Bridge Walk (official or non-official) but on the other hand there is just so much to do around the house. I was hoping for a long fall in the mid-70s to get the yard beat back into shape but with the last two days too cool for me to be outside in shorts I am beginning to think that won't happen either. In the old days, back when my legs and back worked correctly, the Labor Day Weekend was when I would empty the compost bins of finished compost and distribute it around the plant beds. I have this horrible suspicion I haven't emptied the bins for the past three years. Not that they are overflowing (at least I don't think they are) but I would love to feed my rhubarb and the potted plants on the driveway.

I am hoping your poison ivy will clear up without more medical intervention. And I hope John will take the time to search for the basement phone's headset. I can't complain about him not keeping the handheld on the charger because I'm prone to getting the handset to answer a call and then putting it down wherever I am and forgetting to put it back on to charge. I "solved" this problem by letting both of the handsets in the living room die completely and only answering the kitchen phone when I'm standing in the kitchen. Sure doesn't help your situation in the basement.

Miss you!

[jennlk]

Mid-range weather forecast says that we'll get warmer for the rest of the week, and the weekend should be nice, if a bit damp in the mornings between rain/dew overnight. I have hopes I'll be able to get *something* done out there this weekend.

I think that my best solution for the phone in the basement situation is to find the old corded phone that used to be down there and plug it back in again. As a bonus, it'll be closer to the workroom so that I'll be able to get to it on fewer rings....

Miss you too! (hug)