Wed 19 Sept

Good night's rest. A little wake-up in the shower: when I shook out the bath towel to dry off, a large spider fell out of the folds and crawled around on the floor. Hello! Today after breakfast with our gracious hosts, we head off on familiar roads between Kingston and Frankenmuth, MI. Should be a 7-hour travel day. We are staying tonight at the Drury Inn in downtown Frankenmuth so we can wander around the shops and get a chicken dinner without further need to be in the car. Yesterday my Fitbit tallied a grand total of 1385 steps for the day and I suspect that was very accurate since all we did was sit in the car with minimal stops. Breakfast was lovely, and we lingered over conversation longer than we had expected so we got a late start. Weather was pleasant for driving, alternating between sun and clouds, and cool temps. We weren't particularly hungry so we noshed on things we had in the car while driving, intending to eat a chicken dinner in Frankenmuth. When we checked in to our hotel, they gave us each a card good for three free drinks (wine, beer, or mixed drinks) and we found that they have a small "snack" buffet that included pasta w/marinara sauce and meatballs, baked potatoes, broccoli cheese soup, hot dogs, nachos, and a small salad bar w/iceberg lettuce, carrots, and celery. We decided that pasta, meatballs, soup and salad with a couple of drinks was really quite adequate. After sitting again in the car all day, a big chicken dinner was really unnecessary. We didn't need large portions of food and were quite satisfied. Deb replied to my email inquiry and said that Mary Ladick was killed last Saturday in a tragic motorcycle accident. Food: 8:30 am 1/2 c fruit salad, 1 slice toast w/margarine and homemade marmalade, 2 egg omelet w/fresh veggies, 1/3 c pecans, coffee 11:00 am Rice krispie treat 1:00 pm 15 flying saucers 2:30 pm 2 sm pc dried fruit, pumpkin mini-muffin, 2 Babybel Light cheeses 6:30 pm 2 sm tequila sunrises, 1/2 c mostaciolli w/marinara sauce, 3 sm meatballs, 1 c broccoli cheese soup, sm plate tortilla chips w/tbl nacho sauce 7:15 pm Dish amaretto cherry fudge ice cream Exercise: 7:00-7:45 pm Stroll around town including shopping