I left on Thursday, the 17th, to spend a week or so with a friend in Michigan. We've kind of made a thing out of going to the Michigan Renaissance Festival. I arrived Thursday evening. We went to dinner and relaxed for the evening.
Saturday morning, we headed off to Ren Fest. This year our crew consisted of Gert, her cousin Bob, Gert's friend from bowling and myself. It was raining, but its a rain or shine event and we're not going to let a little water from the sky bother us. We entered the gate and were promptly met by a Man and Women dressed in period costume. The man asked if he could speak to my ladies. Playing along, I agreed that he may. Gert promptly had me thrown in jail for being a pour servant and not fulfilling my duties. I then promptly returned the favor after allowing myself to be lead off to the stockade. In the end, Gert and I were under roof protected from the rain while Bob and Gert's friend were standing in the rain laughing at us. I wonder who really had the last laugh on that. Naturally, due to the nature of Ren Fest, we had to perform with one of the Jailers to a silly little diddy that I think he made up as he went. Twas all in the spirit of fun. The rain finally stopped around noon or a little there after. It took all day for us to dry out.
We headed home, planning on stopping for pizza before getting to the house. This meant roaming the mall for a few minutes with a bit of extra mud hanging about our clothing. We grabbed our pizza and headed on to the house. Gert's friend didn't stay, but we made plans for Wednesday before she left. On Wednesday, Gert, her friend and I, would head over to Greenfield Village, a working historic display. Bob had to work. We enjoyed the day there and headed home again. We met Bob at the house. Gert's friend headed home to make dinner for her Dad and we headed out for dinner ourselves.
Thursday and Friday, Gert had to work, but we went to her bowling league meeting in the evening and then did some bowling. I haven't bowled since I ruptured the disks in my back, so I was kind of reluctant to try. I figured since the games were free to the league, I would bowl as much as I felt comfortable with. I bowled all three games Thursday night and all Three Friday too. My right leg hurt a bit, but nothing I couldn't live with. I didn't do nearly as bad as I thought I would score wise either. I might have to start doing some bowling or something of that nature just to get out and about on the weekends. After bowling, Gert and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. We didn't get back to the house until 1:30ish.
We piddled around the Saturday. Sunday, my planned day of departure, I took Gert, her Mom and Bob out to dinner before I left. The drive home was uneventful. I drove with the windows down most of the way as it was humid but in the lower 70's. I hit a little bit of rain/mist that later turned to fog but it wasn't bad to drive in. I arrived home around 12:20am. I called Gert to let her know I arrived safely. We talked an hour before realizing we both had to get up early for work in the morning.
All in all it turned out to be a pretty good vacation. I enjoy Gert's company and we have a lot of fun together. She even puts up with my corny jokes and even gets in on the gag from time to time. I wish we could spend more time together, but distance right now keeps us apart. I'll have to find some other silly excuse to get up that way sometime soon.
