Today has been flying by fueled with just four hours of sleep, so pardon me if I fluff a line. I was going to breakfast with Centria, a/k/a Kathy, a U.P. blogger who visits these parts often, if virtually. Today she was in Bellaire in person, and we met at MOKA. For an hour and a half we told stories and laughed and ate good food. Her stories were so good that I’m not sure I can tell you any of them, but I’ll think about that while I’m at my other day job.
And here’s the thing about Kathy. She brought me maple syrup in a pretty bottle. “It’s the first time I ever bought it in a bottle like that,” she laughed. And all I gave her was breakfast. Well, it was breakfast at MOKA, so that’s OK then.
Then off to Elk Rapids to meet Loreen Niewenhuis, who is walking around Lake Michigan. I’d asked if I could join her for a bit, and she said fine, and so there we were, Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I at the Palmer/Wilcox/Shah Nature Preserve meeting Loreen. We walked along the shoreline, admired the extravagantly beautiful day, and talked about her trip. I doubled back for my car a couple of times, and then leapfrogged her so that we could walk another patch together. The woman can walk. She’s still walking and I’m back here with ice packs on my ankles. Ah well. Miss Sadie and the Cowboy were charmed. More later . . . Gotta go to the other day job now.
Torch Lake Views 
flandrumhill
June 10, 2009
That’s a nice big jar of maple syrup. What are you going to put it on? Personally, I’d be tempted to use it in a batch of butter tarts.
A busy day but you must have had a WONDERFUL time. Look at those smiles! Kathy’s probably happy to get a bit of time away from all that wood splitting 🙂
Gerry
June 10, 2009
Butter tarts! I love butter tarts. I’d never had them until we moved to Detroit and I started spending a lot of time wandering around Ontario. It never occurred to me to put maple syrup on them, and now I just can’t wait to try it. Oh, Canada . . .
centria
June 10, 2009
Hi Gerry!! It was so fun meeting you today. I was just blogging about how YOU are the story-teller. How great that we were able to carve some time today to eat and talk. Thanks for the wordpress advice, too. Hope your ankles get better…yikes! I would have loved to walk with all of you for awhile. Next time, maybe. Hope to see you when you come to the U.P. later this year!!
Gerry
June 10, 2009
And I enjoyed meeting you! I think we both have some stories to tell. It was a lot of fun hearing some of yours. Next time you wander down our way, let me know. And yes ma’am if the TWIO Gang goes hiking in the UP this fall I will definitely invite you to join us.