Oh, and we attended a NASCAR race. What a sight. And that was just the cars. The other attendees could have been a whole blog post, but I will let you use your imagination.
Here are a few highlights of my trip from my personal journal:
1. Of course, because of the timing of leaving, we have to stop for lunch of Einstein Bagels (me) and Burger King (the boys) at the rest stop. I am feeling pretty virtuous about my lunch choice until I realize I am still hungry. Hmm. I guess I will have some fries to finish that off. Oh, wait, they have onion rings at BK. Yum. LegoMaster wants more fries, so I buy both. Then finish them off when LegoMaster eats only half of his fries. Oh well, at least I tried to eat better. I had more veggies than the boys did.
My food choice catches up with me as I fall asleep in a food coma then miss the “Welcome to Michican!” sign. Bummer. Call me weird, but the state line signs are a highlight.
2. We go on a monster truck ride. Really, we do-kinda gimmick-y, but the boys loved it. LegoMaster gets a Jimmie replica matchbox car and Jimmie baseball hat. Buzz gets a Kasey replica matchbox car, then does a whole lotta complaining that he cannot get the $65 bigger replica car. ‘Ain’t no way we are spending that amount of money on a car that will be broken in a week. Buzz does not want a shirt or hat, so we do a whole lotta ignoring and head on our way.
3. GENTLEMEN…START YOUR ENGINES!! That is how we woke up the boys today-by jumping on their bed and saying the most famous words in all of racing. They are unimpressed as they were still sleeping at 6:15 (very late for them) and groggily sit up. DadOfAllTrades had read the fan brochure last night, so we have our plan and we are sticking to it. Parking lots open at 6am, gates open at 8am. DadOfAllTrades wants to be there early to get a pit pass. Once we leave I discover I have left the tickets in the hotel and we must turn back. At least it was only two minutes into the trip.
4. DadOfAllTrades suggests we call a friend who also has gone to races before. So we dial her number and hold the phone up as the cars go by for the first lap. DadOfAllTrades tells me just to do that and hang up, but I can’t stop giggling so I try to talk to her.
5. When we climb the Old Mackinac Light, we can see two great lakes-Michigan to our left and Huron to our right- and the Mackinac (mack-in-aw) Bridge. The sight is very cool and I could stay up here for hours just watching the goings on. But we must move on, and down the stairs, and up north.
6. We arrive at campsite to the greetings of huge horse flies and a kid from two sites over. Frankly, I am not sure which is more annoying. I would like the boys to help set up camp, but Nathan is not getting out of the way. I dump the sand toys away from where we are setting up the camper and DadOfAllTrades and I try to bust a move getting things going. I am so hungry that my hands are shaking, but I refrain from being grumpy as much as possible because there is nothing I can do but try to find what I packed. The boys are officially gone down the ravine behind the campsite. I want to freak because of the poison ivy factor and the fact that I cannot see my children in a strange place. But I put my trust in God and hope He keeps a watch over them while they innocently explore like boys should do.
7. Morning number one in the camper and I attempt to make pancakes and sausage for breakfast. With a flick of the switch, the propane lights and we are in business. Again, no rustic camping for me. Our neighbor called it “girlie camping” and I totally agree. This girl loves it. And then it starts to rain.
More tomorrow...
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