Heading to Michigan: Where’s Jason?
Leaving at 12:30 pm is a killer for all of us. We like the 5:00 am flights (kinda). The waiting is awful. Packed and waiting. At least the Open is on at 4:00 am. Tom’s bored and says he’ll be there before 9:00 am to go to the airport, turn in his rental and get to the airport. We’re also OK with early since the day before we had the global Microsoft outage that affected all of the airlines (or at least most of the airlines).
Check in is crowded, maybe still affected by the outage? We
get through TSA quickly, find the Admirals Club and watch some Open while
waiting on Pete, Levi and Clay (Jason is flying in from Raleigh). They get here
and we already find out that Jason may not make it – flight canceled (this
after finding out that he’d already rearranged his travel getting back from
Alaska on Thursday). This happened to Jason last year and he Ubered to the
Mountain. Ubering to the Highlands is even farther. We hang out at the Admirals
Club until it’s time to board. I, Jason and then Levi are all upgraded. We
board, and then sit and sit and sit – plane doesn’t work? Two hours later,
we’re off.
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| Admirals Club for a couple of drinks, snacks and The Open! |
Get in to Traverse City and get our cars and our bags. Jason
is definitely not making it in today. Tomorrow, hopefully getting in by the
time we tee off on Arthur Hills (we all hope). We go to dinner on the way to
the Highlands, stopping at Torch Lake Café in Eastport (https://torchlakecafe.com/)
– pretty good salads for all of us except Pete, who has fish (and chips, I
think). My salad was very “berry forward.”
Summertime Salad: Revolution Farms Great Lakes
Greens, Fresh Berries, Cucumbers, Candied Walnuts, Honey Goat Cheese, Sunflower
Seeds, Dried Cherries, Apple Walnut Vinaigrette
And then to the grocery store to load up on Monsters, Better
Made Butter Braided Pretzels and Beer.
Check in this year at the Highlands at the Discovery Center
(they bake fresh cookies there!). We’re staying at the Inn this time, not
cabins or condos. These are “loft suites” with two bedrooms and two bathrooms,
right in front of the main lodge. Accommodations are good – a little odd for
the set up, but perfectly fine. As long as we have a place to sleep, make
coffee in the morning, and head out. Tom and I are in agreement on the
temperature inside – I have it set for 65 degrees.
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| Found a new seltzer from Finland of all places, the Long Drink (no sugar) |
Note: I am not a photographer, nor do I try to be one. I
hire photographers. Excuse the crappy photos!
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