Trip to Frankenmuth

Greg has Election Day off of work each year.  Usually our tradition is to go to "Big Boy" for breakfast after we vote.  But, this decided to take a little morning trip over to Frankenmuth.  Greg can remember going there as a little boy...being bored at the "World's Largest Christmas Store" and eating friend chicken at an authentic Bavarian Inn.  We made sure to re-create both of those memories for him.  =)  The Christmas store is amazing!  And, the rest of the town is small and fun and quaint. 

Things we'll remember:

• Greg got to bring home a Chrysler 300 for the week.  A really fun idea to take it on the trip in theory...but when all three children can reach out and touch each other...the drive is a bit more lively than one could have hoped!
• The waitresses at the Inn!  Greg estimates the average age of waitresses employed there to be about 50.  The average being significantly effected by our waitress, Bonita, (at least 80) and "Mrs. Claus" at a nearby table. 
• Scoring a second helping of "free dessert" after Joshua accidentally dumped his first round on the floor.
• Watching the big clock strike 12 noon...and then put on an unending performance of the "Pied Piper"!  We'd waited so long just to see it...that we didn't last through the performance!  =)
• Shopping Main Street--my favorite kinds of touristy shops--and because it's so our style...spending exactly 60 cents total.  (On old-fashioned candy sticks so Nathan could try a treat I can remember getting on an outing like this as a child.  Sucking lemon juice using the candy stick as a straw.)

Days like these have plenty of "realities"...but I think I, more than any of us feel so much freedom from a little getaway!  It was a fun place to go coming up on the holidays, but before the real "rush" hits.