Even though I've lived in Indiana the vast majority of my life, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Michigan.
I heart Michigan!
It's a 5 or so hour trip from here to where we stayed with my sister on one of the myriad of tiny lakes that dot Michigan.
Here are the highlights of our drive. It was Pure Michigan.
Which every other billboard reminded us, the closer we got to the state line.
I love the giant old northern barns. beautiful old dairy barns.
Look at the size of that!
And now a Cliff Clavin moment: It's a little known fact that wherever you are in Michigan, you are within 6 miles of a lake.
Just so you know.
On the southern bend of the river, there's a lovely city called.....South Bend. I did most of my growing up there. It's a beautiful place.
Black dirt.
Black dirt is magic. It's full of good stuff. Combine that with all the sand in the Great Lakes region and you've got fabulous soil.
We don't have black dirt. We have orange clay.
If I'd had room, I'd have brought a truckload back with me. Totally.
But the most interesting thing we saw on our drive was when we stopped to check out the car, which was making a bad noise [turned out to be stuck in 4wd - it fixed itself at 65 mph].
While I was checking the tires and under the car, K2 snapped this pic.
What do you suppose he was planning on doing up there?
