Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Kalamazoo

Sprinkle Rd, Kalamazoo, MI... best hotel address ever! <br><br>After my fun evening in Detroit, and my early early morning for the show... I was really just happy to have a relaxing evening when we pulled in to Kalamazoo. It was probably our nicest hotel yet. A newly renovated Quality Inn with pretty blue comforters and a nice big bathroom. It ...

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... as possible. . . <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br >Notice how long it takes to carry the fireworks out onto the ice, turn on the Firelinx moduels and get off the ice<br><br> <br>

On the way back to the airport the traffic on the freeway was slow enough to take decent photo's of downtown, except the haze downtown looked more like an industrial district and required severe photoshoping to get the buildings to stand out.<br><br>

... ago for a workshop she delivered there. Recently I reconnected with her on Facebook and she is among my list of friends there.)<br><br>Together in a State of Grace<br><br>We live together<br>In a state of grace.<br>Our strengths are<br>The gifts we bring.<br>Our weaknesses are strengths too.<br>My weakness invites <br>Your infusion of wisdom,<br>As yours does mine.<br><br>May we see genius<br>And ...

... pointed our agent to the Mediterranean, Adriatic & Aegean trip with Voyages of Discovery, with shore excursions in Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. Prior to boarding ship, we leave for two nights in London on August 31st and return October 2nd. Truly a trip of a life time!

... old people are sitting on the bench beside the pay phone. Presumably waiting for a bus that doesn't appear like it's going to come. <br><br>"Where am I right now?"<br><br>"You're in Galesburg, Michigan, where you off to?"<br><br>"Michigan, oh no, it's worse than I thought. Do you know how far Chicago is from here?"<br><br>"Just down the I-94, you're almost there. About two hours from Kalamazoo."<br><br>Alright, this won't be so bad after all.<br>

... rivers and cherry cokes. We then headed east towards Detroit. We drove for about 150 miles and 2.5 hours to Kalamazoo, MI, the home of Derek Jeter. No visible signs of his history :) We are off to Detroit St. Louis vs. the Tigers on Tuesday. See you all on the road.

... so we felt so lucky to have been able to visit when we could. After our stop in Nebraska, we spent another long day driving and then found a campsite near Iowa City late one night (yet another amazing find - they have a county park that has about the largest, most private campsites that we have seen anywhere). Back in the car the next morning, and we were officially on our way to Michigan. Of course, we sat in traffic ...