I am posting this two weeks after it should have been posted. For some reason, the last day of a trip (any trip) is hard to post. I don't know if it is because physiologically if I post the last day, the trip is over and that makes me sad; or, if I am just too busy to get it done and time passes before I remember that I need to post the final day. Maybe it is a combination of both. Anyway, here it is Monday, May 26, and I am going to post our last Tulip Festival trip day which was Sunday, May 11.
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This picture is from Saturday and was taken at the Olds Museum. It is Katie and her dad sitting in the 1959 Oldsmobile. The looks on their faces is priceless....a daughter taking her dad for a car ride. One simple car ride can evoke opposite feelings...pure joy and fear!! |
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I love this picture of John. Linda saw the photo opportunity and snapped this picture. I took it from her Facebook page. |
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On the last day we were in Michigan, we ate breakfast at a local restaurant named "Good Truckin'." It was located in an area of Lansing called "Old Town." Old Town is the part of town that the original downtown was located. |
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This is a picture of the street across from the restaurant. The old buildings are original to "Old Town" years. |
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A street in "Old Town." I am glad the city and developers see the value in retaining the old buildings and revitalizing the neighborhood. |
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We arrived at the restaurant at 9:45 and had nearly an hour wait to be seated. We did not realize that their computers were down and even after we were seated, we had another 45 minutes to wait for our food. It was worth the wait. As you can see from this picture, the food was generous and delicious. No one was hungry when we left. The interior of the restaurant showed the original walls from probably over a hundred years ago. |
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The high ceilings and walls can be seen in this picture. |
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This was a bank years ago but now contains a sweet shop. |
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The Grand River flows through the heart of Lansing. There is a dam across the river at this point in this picture. Fishermen fish for steelhead, salmon, smallmouth bass, lake trout, walleye and catfish here. The dam impedes their passage down the river. a "fish ladder" was installed to help the fish get from one side of the dam to the other. This is the beginning of the ladder on the north side of the dam. |
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The fish ladder consists of "steps of water" like steps of a ladder to allow the fish to climb the "ladder" in small steps around the dam until they are on the south side of the dam. |
After eating breakfast and seeing the "fish ladder" we said our goodbyes and headed back to Decatur. It was an six-hour trip. We met Kara and Family at Diamonds in Decatur for supper. It was Mother's Day so I was able to share breakfast with John and Family and supper with Kara and Family. What a blessing!
It was only a seven-day trip but we enjoyed it. We loved the Tulip Festival and spending time with John and Family. I needed to get this trip finalized on my blog because in less than two weeks, we will be leaving for another short trip. This trip will be ten-days long to Washington D.C. Kara, Hunter, and Keegan will be going with us.