For your viewing enjoyment….

Some Gandalf Murphy video that I have been remiss in posting.  S took the video, but someone from the club posted to youtube….  I was extra cautious and picked video that didn’t have shots of me making a fool of myself! 

Blissfest organizers – you guys are the absolute best!!!!!!

So S and I went to Blissfest last month, as was pictured in the earlier posts.

What I didn’t tell you was that I lost my drivers license on that trip.  I went and spent a few hours at the Secretary of State getting a replacement, never expecting to see it again.

Fast forward to three weeks later….  Guess what shows up in the mail today????  A letter from Blissfest, containing my license!  I honestly had written it off as gone.  My entire family is in awe of your power!

If this post gets to Blissfest organizers, I want to offer my sincere thanks in their efforts.  They really do give “happy bliss”, even AFTER the festivities are over.  Quite frankly, no other michigan music festival can compete!  You guys really are THE best.

Some video from Blissfest

A few Gandalf Murphy videos from our time at Blissfest, taken by S, but uploaded by another fan.

This may be your only opportunity to see people rocking out to christmas carols:

Alice in Space:

Following the Circus to Sault Ste Marie

This was our belated holiday weekend.

We dropped the Glitter Glue Princess off at Grandma and Grandpa’s and drove up to Sault Ste Marie for a concert, then dropped back to the lower peninsula for Blissfest.

In the upteen years we’ve lived in Michigan, we’ve never gone to the UP. This was a bit of an adventure for us…

For some reason, they’ve been sandblasting the asphalt off the bridge, so it was “more slippery than usual” – the understatement of the century. S was a trooper, considering the whole thing, and the fact he had white knuckles of death by the time we were over.

Note the absence of asphalt on our side of the road?

We didn’t stop at Mackinac Island, the Mystery Spot, or any of the other touristy destinations. Save those for a trip with a kiddo.

We saw more border patrol up here than I anticipated. What? Do they have problems with Canadians swimming to freedom up here? It just seemed the manpower was a bit… misplaced.

The concert was lovely… It was much quieter than any other concert I’ve gone to, mainly since it was summer at a University. It was about 50 people in total. Many older people in suits came, and expected a lovely jazz affair. They got something a wee bit different.