Aug
20
weekend trip to Baltimore
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A few weekends ago we made a trip up to Baltimore to hang out with some 
friends from Michigan. Jason and Jodi were visiting family up the east coast, so we converged on Baltimore and did some sight-seeing together.
It was a really hot weekend, but we still managed to enjoy our
touristy activities. We strolled through the Inner Harbor, enjoying some dinner, a trip through Barnes and Noble, some good old fashioned ice cream, and a bunch of people watching. The following morning we visited Fort McHenry, the place that inspired the National Anthem (i.e., The Star Spangled Banner). Did you know it was written during the War of 1812, and not the Revolutionary War? Let’s pretend I knew it, too.
A quick, but very memorable trip.
Jun
9
trip recap
Filed under family, travel, Michigan at 4:58 pm | Leave a Comment
Our trip back to Michigan and Chicago was a good one, though it came and
went far too fast. We didn’t even come close to seeing everyone we wanted to visit, in spite of our best scheduling efforts.
Even though I know most of you would like a day-by-day recap of the entire trip, my random thoughts will have to suffice:
(1) Toll roads are dumb.
(2) The Ohio Turnpike walks all over the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
(3) There was something comforting in seeing flat, sprawling land again.
(4) I forgot how many lakes there are in Michigan. Beautiful.
(5) It was refreshing to hear some solid Reformed preaching again. 
(6) Although things in Michigan still feel more familiar than Virginia, it was good to get back to our house after the trip and have it feel like “home.”
May
22
road trip!
Filed under family, travel, South Haven at 12:06 pm | 4 Comments
We took a road trip on Friday, and are now staying with my parents in South Haven, MI. Most of our pics likely won’t be online until I return home. Until then …
Rachel and Micah at a rest stop:
Road trips are fun:
Road trips are long:
