2009 Family Trip: Week Two
Week Number Two of the trip was pretty interesting!
Mark and I left the home in Michigan early Sunday morning (October 18th), and we started south. This trip home was very memorable for a few reasons. One, we drove through Green Bay, Wisconsin, and decided to hop off the highway in order to drive past Lambeau Field, home of the Packers.
It was really awesome to see Lambeau! Green Bay is not very large, and we didn’t even see anything that looked like a city — that is, anything of substance — so it is quite a bit different than most other professional sports stadiums.
We also saw thousands of people tailgating all around the stadium, as we were there a couple hours prior to kickoff. In addition to the tailgaters, we drove by a nearby neighborhood, where dozens of people were offering parking in their driveways or on their lawns! Some houses had up to 10 or 20 cars packed into a front (or back) yard. It was really funny to see! I guess it’s a good idea, really. Brings in a little bit of extra money on game days for the homeowners.
As we continued south, we drove through Milwaukee, and ended up stopping at Six Flags Great America just north of Chicago, in Gurnee, Illinois. We spent a few hours there, although we only managed to get on two rides during that time, as it was pretty crowded. We did fit in two of the best roller coasters, though — Superman and the Raging Bull.
The rest of the drive home was pretty uneventful. To help pass the time, Mark and I listened to an audio book, “The Red House Mystery” by A. A. Milne. It was actually very, very good, and it helped pass many of the hours on the road.
We arrived back home a couple hours after midnight on Monday the 19th. On Monday, Mark had an early-morning deposition in St. Louis. I spent most of the day taking care of assorted business-related tasks.
The rest of the week was pretty much a blur, as Mark and I both had an abnormally-large amount of work. Mark had eight depositions to report, and I had six video depos that week. That’s pretty much unheard of! Also in that week back home, we played in a softball game, and had dinner with both sets of grandparents on two different nights.
On Sunday the 25th, we were back on the road, driving northward in order to rejoin the family.
Stay tuned for Week Three! 