Road-trip Day 2: Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon!
{We learned the best time to hit up an amusement park is when it’s 68 degrees, cloudy, and threatening rain. All fun, no lines!}
{This wooden coaster – “Shivering Timbers” – the longest and fastest wooden coaster in Michigan – was my favorite! We rode it at least three times. Lots of climbs, lots of drops, lots of speed, and over a mile in length. It’s a crappy picture but the coaster snakes all the way to the very end of the shot, and then back again. So fun!}
Days 2 & 3: Lansing!
{What’s left of the Boarshead Theatre, where I got my professional start in theatre and where Ted and I met. Stupid city. Stupid parking lot. We had lots of happy memories in that old building.}
{Clara’s Lansing Station – a lovely old train station turned restaurant we used to frequent and where we celebrated the night we got engaged.}
{Oh, how I missed salads from Clara’s!}
{Return to Golden Harvest – our most favorite tiny, snarky breakfast joint in the history of ever!}
(Enlarge this picture and read all the signs. Seriously, they’re the best, right? The sign at the bottom of the door is amazing. They tell it like it is. I like that.}
{They’ve only got about 10 small tables plus the bar, and the line is always a mile long, out the door. Absolutely worth it! So, you see why the sign is necessary, no?}
{Their eclectic decor is pretty snazzy too.}
{They’re totally not mean at all, just honest and full of snark. In fact this place is run by some of the nicest people and best breakfast cooks with a sense of humor there are!}
{More awesome decor. Every square inch is covered in eye-catching greatness. A feast for your eyes, your belly, and your soul.}
{Now here’s a man who’s happy…}
{…to be reunited with the epic blueberry pancakes he loved so well! Day = made.}
{Omeletes, toast and home fries from Heaven – featuring veggies fresh from the garden out back.}
{Ah yes, the intersection of Grand River and Grand River, followed by a few more Grand Rivers in various other parts of the city. Maddening when you’re first trying to learn your way around…funny now that we know our way around.}
{Capitol building in downtown Lansing. She’s a beaut!}
{The MSU dairy store – all made on campus with MSU moo cows. Rumor has it that their ice cream is so fattening – read: so fantastically tasty – that it’s not allowed to be packaged and sold in stores. So, naturally, we had to get fresh grilled cheese sandwiches and a double scoop of the Frozen Four Slap Shot – creme de menthe and andes mints – and the Maize-N-Berry – blueberry pie – flavors in a homemade waffle cone. Incredible!}
So, you can see how this trip was basically all about just whizzing around on roller coasters, hanging out with great people, and eating our way thru our favorite places, right?
More to come next week! Stay tuned and happy weekend! :)
