July 4th-14th in Michigan

Well here we are....at the tail end of a wonderful 10 days spent together. Katie is leaving tonight for Omaha and eventually Grand Island, so in the meantime while we waited for the plane, it might be good to get some recap done on this being our most recent visit. Katie flew in last Friday (the 4th) where I waited to pick her up from the airport. Watched some fireworks and basically came home to relax and get ready for the long week ahead where we would spend it together "up north" as it's referred to in Michigan at a place called Houghton Lake, about 3 hours north of where I live. Beautiful, and an "off the map" type of spot where we hang out with friends, go boating, tubing, skiing, sitting around the bonfire, blowing off fireworks, etc...just a great place to escape to and relax. There were 12 of us to start the weekend, but the numbers soon dwindled once the July 8th rolled around as many of the other "campers" had to get back to the real world for work. Fortunately with my job, I am able to stay longer to enjoy the time off, and be with Katie. The weather for the most part was good while at the cottage. Only had a few days of clouds, but it was warm which is important because it can get pretty cold up there sometimes. After several days in the sun we decided to head back home to Berkley on Friday morning to plug back in to the real world, and have some time to ourselves, with quiet nights out for dinner, etc...Headed to Royal Oak on Friday and Saturday nights where we bar hopped, had a great dinner at Red Coat Tavern on Saturday with some friends, hit the town for some drinks, and made it home just in time to pass out. Sunday Katie, myself, and my friends Matt and Kelly used our season tickets and went to the Tiger's game downtown. The weather was perfect, and couldn't have asked for a better day as the home team won, and we still managed to make it back to Royal Oak for an early dinner at Black Finn. Following "Linner" we came home for a nap which turned out to be a little longer than we both expected so we passed on going to dinner and just grabbed some ice cream at Famous Flavors in Berkley. Watched a little boob-tube, saw Miss Venezuela win Miss Universe, then headed to bed. Today, the 14th is yet another beautiful day weather-wise, too bad we aren't at the cottage on the boat. So all in all it was great to spend as much time with Katie, 10 days in all. Just sad to see it be over. Then again that just means we're just that much closer to the next visit. All I got for ya for now. I think we are going to relax a bit on the couch, and maybe watch a movie or something. Until next time....Katie and Scott