STL to DTW and back

Home again!

Jeez, the four of us (me, M, Stef and Nicole) need another four days of vacation to rest up from the jam-packed four days of fun we just completed. I'm still awed and impressed that the three of them managed to get Couch Potato Girl up off her arse and into a kayak, not to mention on the tennis courts three days running.

Things that rock:

$88 roundtrip tickets, STL to DTW

Comerica Park (home of the Detroit Tigers)

Phase 10, the card game

Sidetrack in Ypsi

Ypsi photo opps

Kayaking on the Huron River

The Largest Art Fair in the World

Nicole's cooking
(salmon, asparagus, and whipped sweet potatoes,
not to mention her strawberry shortcake)

Sunblock

Laughing so hard your stomach aches

Kitties who still chase milk rings

Ikea

$14 tennis rackets from Target

Grandparents (and Aunt KK and Cousin Joey)
who show Zozo such a great time,
she doesn't even miss Mommy and Daddy

Things that don't rock:

Delayed planes

Rookie travelers

Crappy half-days of work

Missing your child so much your heart aches

Realizing that you were much better at tennis when you were 12

Losing your contacts (again) in the pool

Eating so much you could explode, and yet...(damn you, cheese!)

The cattle call that is Southwest Airlines

Turning your condo into a B&B for over a week

So much more to comment on, so much more to say...and yet, I'm still tired, and anxious to get home to my little girl. I've sufficiently dug out of my "on vacation" pile enough to leave, and so leave I will. More later!