I'M BAAAACK.....

For those of you that asked

Did you take

THE PEARL

on your trip..

I am happy to report

the answer is

NO..

A Big FAT

NO.

THE PEARL

and I are not on speaking terms

right now..

because she looks like

THIS

Uh-huh...Do you see MyHero smiling?

He still thinks SHE is pretty cute..

Wait til the bills start rolling in..

the bills that will "fix" her..

Because NOW she still looks

like THIS

And I want her to look like

the one that Kelly

worked her magic on

over at

Rose Vine Cottage..

Here's her dinette

And here's her

Seating Area...

Oh yeah...baby..

That's what I want..

Please, please, please..

And..

Have you seen

Kelly's blog?
Eye Candy!

And she is lovely to boot!

So...

No..

We didn't take the

GMC Motorhome

but here we are

on the balmy shores

of Lake Superior..

What a tropical paradise...Oh~ Wait...

Are you confused?

Yeah?

Me too!

That is INSIDE

the hotel..

Here is what it really

looks like this time of year...And the only way you get to

see some parts of this

country is with this

loud gas burning

smelly..did I say loud... contraption..

snowmobile.

Trust me..

I do NOT

snowmobile.

You could not

pay me

to snowmobile..

Well...maybe you could

PAY ME

to snowmobile..

but I hope you have a

fat wallet!And...after a nice
relaxing afternoon

it is always good to

top the day off with

a little treat...

Ahhhh...there she is

Dairy Queen...

A nice cold treat

for a chilly day...

Oh....No.... What? It's not OPEN?

Seriously?

Well, then...I know just the place to go

for a little treat..

It's only 40 miles on treacherous

highways...that may have been

plowed...but...you know..we go

because...

Because why? Have you been

reading my blog?

We go BECAUSE

I Drive...and He Rides.

While he stares at the lovely

buildings in downtown

Marquette..I push through the city quickly

to get to MY favorite place.

Oh- Thank you, Lord, for

the souls that braved the cold

to open the doors for

someone like me!Well, that took up most of the morning.

Soon it is time to head to

Christmas, Michigan

which is located between

Marquette and Munising

(where we are staying).

Here it is folks..

Bet you never thought

you'd see a place called

Foggy's Bar- did you?

Me either...for the first

FIVE YEARS we

went up there I

thought it was

FROGGY'S BAR

because it was

close to a swampy area..

What do I know?

(don't answer that)We stopped to watch

The Green Bay Packers

play

The Chicago Bears.

We thought we would

have lots of good camaraderie

because we were in the UP

and they LOVE the Packers.

Unfortunately for us,

the place had been taken over

by CHICAGO BEAR FANS.

They came on snowmobiles..

They came by car..

WE were the ONLY

Packer fans in the whole place.

Seriously?

Yep!

We tried to keep a low

profile as we choked down

our GO PACK GO chant..

and mumbled something..

like Good Game Guys..

as we left...

Hahahahaha-Not really..

cuz we all KNOW

The Bears Can't Play

Football worth a darn~

And...we had to rush

home this morning

so that

MyHero

could get his paper..

And the big headline read

NFC CHAMPS

Yes..it WAS fun..

but you know what I

missed most?

I missed our own

little cheerleader..

cheering on

The Pack...

I hope she changed

her underwear

for the game since

last time!

Some of the above images are Google images