Because Sacha is unemployed we decided to hightail it to Cleveland. I've never been. Actually the whole trip involved many new places for the two of us.We began by driving from Jackson, WY to Big Sky, MT where we eddied out for a two days of fireworks, camaraderie and a few PBRs.
We then started out driving into North Dakota and the Bad Lands, then through Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These last three states were very much like the North Country of New York, only flatter.As for the sleeping arrangements, they could have been better thought out. Sacha decided that to save money we were going to sleep in Sue Bea like we did all summer. Rest Areas are a little different than the boat yard and neither of us got much sleep the first night. The second night we splurged and stayed in hotel outside of Duluth, MN. After a stop off in Ashland, WI to check out the nature center and cook lunch we ended up camping in a mostly closed campground in St. Ignace, MI. That is directly next to the bridge, as in we could hear people crossing it all night.
In the mitten part of Michigan we stopped off for a night with Sacha's old friends from Camp Manitou-Lin. Some of these friends go back to the days when Sacha was a camper herself in Ohio. We got to meet the new puppies and Jay and Ardith's baby Adela.
It was so good to finally be staying with people we knew!There was good food and good stories all around.
Next we had a short five hour drive to Cleveland. It was Halloween. So we got home and had to find a costume for Sacha right away. Both her ideas to be an Ohio State super fan and to be the winner of the miss Ohio beauty pageant fell through (no OSU shirt to be found, and a prom dress that seemed to have shrunk). Sacha finally decided to be a ballerina.
After just two nights in Ohio we packed up into Sacha's Dad's Prius (giving Sue a break) and drove out to New York. We stayed with Sacha's Grammy and relaxed for a few days with Grammy and Marmy as well as various other family members.Now we are back in Ohio for at least a month. Sacha has a job back in Montana in January, so we will be headed back by then. As for now there are three cats in this house, although they don't seem to pay me any mind, we are keeping the door to Sacha's room closed just in case.
