Thought

by Mitchell

Good morning.  After a brief, unexpected overnight in a lovely Windham Garden Inn near Detroit International Airport (DTW for those in the know) we made it home from our New England tour yesterday morning.  Fortunately I had arranged for  Rockstar to work yesterday before I left, knowing that our scheduled return was late anyway.  Maybe I knew we'd have issues.  

It did not, however, ruin our trip, which was amazing - start to finish!  The trip took us to  Boston where we began with a nice dinner visiting my cousin Josh, who also just turned 65 and finished with a great weekend on the shores of Lake Champlain with my family.  My sister Kris and her husband, Barney, have an incredible home above the lake where we celebrated my birthday at sunset at a table for 15 outside under the Vermont cedars, maples, and pines.  So beautiful  and the perfect way to turn 65.  

 On our way to the the lake, we saw Boston Common, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Moosehead Lake MN, Mt. Washington NH, Woodstock VT, and The Basin Harbor Club.  I'm pretty sure this was the first actual road trip vacation Richie and I have ever taken.  Most of our car trips are short and meant to get from here to there.  The last 11 days, though, were about the journey.  And I loved it.  How can you go wrong driving through the New England countryside - White and Green Mountains included!  

Back in the kitchen today.  Thank you to Rockstar for filling in while I was gone.  I'm looking forward to fall.  We had some chilly mornings on the road and I know, somewhere down the line, in the not too distant future, we'll have that here as well.  Come see us.