Holiday Inn Express Detroit

... Being home was kind of surreal and it kinda felt like I never left! The only difference was that we spent Christmas in a Holiday Inn Express. Though I worried at first about feeling at home in a King Suite, all that mattered was that I had all the people ...

... catch a baseball game.   We cheered on the home team, the Seattle Mariners, who ended up narrowly defeating the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in a thrilling eighth innings! (http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=sea)  It was still light past ...

... got a suite with all the comforts of home including a huge message tub. We’ve decided to stay another night. Tomorrow we hope to visit Zion and Bryce national parks and then watch the Detroit Red Wing hockey game on Versus before dinner. Peace, ...

We arrived in sunny San Juan from dreary Detroit about 4 pm. Walked from the hotel - yes - walked without coats, gloves or boots - around the corner for dinner. Went to the same restaurant we did the last time we were here; had mofongo just like last ...

... it. Tomorrow we arrive at Dad's near Austin, TX. I plan to write the next blog this weekend. Peace, Pat (* "Frog" - Sonny Eliot, a Detroit TV weatherman and stand-up comic, coined such words. Snog: snow and fog; frain: freezing rain, etc. Sonny was doing ...

... of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team) "Wayne Gretzky Blvd." Gretzky was a hockey player who wasn’t good enough to play for the Detroit Red Wings. Our hotel, unknown to our GPS, much to our chagrin, is south of the city. So, after rush hour began to ...