Residence Inn By Marriott Flint

... inclusive resort pampering/beach/snorkle/food.
In Puerto Vallarta we're taking the complete city tour that includes a stop at a Tequilla factory...sweeeet! We can also set up this tour to go to anywhere we'd like, like the beach, which sure sounds good to me! Can't wait.

We'll friends it's been a blast, but this was the last stop on the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana Train.  We're in Auburn Hills just outside of Rochester NY.  It's not as big or as fancy as California, but they do what they can.  I also found a great place for BBQ called Dinosaur BBQ which was fantastic.  Oh well I have to cut it short Miley is about to get on the stage!!!

... diversion into Great Smoky Mountain National Park to see the fall colors. A week from tomorrow, we'll be back at our friend Pat's Place, in Webster, Florida, where warm weather awaits!

The colors have started to change up here - will upload a couple of pics taken today as we're traveing.

We're heading west to go home after a fantastic summer.

It feels so right to be back on my bike again, it's like we never parted.

Was on the road by noon. A good, albeit wet, ride today. A bit of delay at the Sarnia/Port Huron border for Matt to renew his visa waiver form but no complaints ...

... of the most fantastic thunder storms we had ever seen in our lives. Really cool but the tiniest bit scary when in a tent.

Columbiaville is a great little town with a great little pub that our team visited regularly just to ensure we were helping the local economy and not being a burden. We had some fantastic nights of Karaoke and Jesse stunned everyone with his amazing skills with an audience, everyone was enthralled.

We spent most of our ...

Alas, my summer on the lake has come to an end. My cowboy shirts are packed and George the roofer is scheduled to come right after I leave.

It was the best of times and the worst of times - hasn't that been used before? Life on the lake has been bittersweet.

After a successful launch of the martin house - they were moving in before I could raise it - and an equally successful inhabitation of the two wood duck boxes, I ...

We decided to book a ferry ride over so we didn't have to do so much driving. We got all the stuff organized in the van and headed over to the flying J to gas up. Ed had to meet us there because I ran out of ink to print off the manifest just in case we got stopped at the boarder.

Finally, over the border, no hassles! The guy asked my Aunt to see the inside of the truck, we pulled up, she started to open up the back of the truck and a tupperware container fell ...

... to the
north end where we got back on I-475 headed west then back north of
I-75.

We stopped at 3pm today in Birch Run, MI at a Super 8. We originally
had planned to stop at a Super 8 on the west side of Saginaw, MI but I
found this one for $50 a night and it was close to the town of
Frankenmuth, MI.

I knew this was going to happen one of these days sooner than later
and today it happened. We went to this restaurant that is huge and is
tauted all over ...

... is pulled from the race. The ECG and blood work clinic is run by one LVT and a group of volunteer, credentialed technicians ( that's how I have been involved). I can guarantee that if any animal showed ANY signs of abuse or discomfort those technicians would create a stink. What I have seen is the kind of devotion I wish all dog owners had to their animals. Some of these mushers do not seek medical help for themselves, but will spend what amounts to 2 ...

... the DMB set. At the night there's a mad rush to leave the venue and we push the bracelets to make money and pay for the cost of what we're doing. I had sold about 90 so far (the last DMB tour apparently I was the highest seller in East Troy with about 120). So I went out and just started selling. Once everything was counted, I had sold 114 bracelets in about an hour. Over 200 for the night is amazing. We packed everything up and headed out of the venue when Dan said "There ...