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2009 - Happy New Year


This is a neat story about how we are all connected to one another. Sometimes we don't know how close we have come to an old friend we would love to see but no longer would recognize or an old sweatheart from high school and he might be passing us in the next car....

Anyway, I lived in Detroit for 30 years and for the last 5 years we had such great new neighbors (Gail and Kevin Bushbaker). A young couple and we knew they wouldn't be there long just enough time to upgrade the 4,000 square foot 3 car garaged house next door, enjoy it and then move on. Luckily for us they moved on to Las Vegas and as you know WE TRAVEL so Las Vegas we went in 08 and dropped in on them and their week old new son Jackson. Wow what a treat and we stay close.

Gail, Kevin and Jackson Bushbaker live in Las Vegas

...and the rest of the story is this. It just so happens that Gail's mom who we have met and lives here in Washington Michigan not far from our 'storage' unit was having dinner with an old high school friend and his wife and they got to talking about friends that travel and it turns out that this friend Al Seely from General Motors used to work with me at the Design Center and I might add a great guy. And they were talking about THIS BLOG.

My Friend Al Seely

Al if you read this know that I am always pleased when friends keep in touch through my blog. And make an effort to let you know where we are and what we are doing. So for your benefit I will say we are leaving Michigan after all the friends and family stuff is over on the 6th of January for Georgia where it is 74 degrees some days and we will join our friends Mary and Dave Vandeveld who are running a Habitat for Humanity Build in Brunswick. We will build with them for a month then travel to Minden Louisiana to work on the Fuller Center for Housing project for a month. We will bum around the Gulf States looking for volunteer work until May when we return to Berville, (if you have never heard it is north east of Romeo, north of Armada 7 miles) where Tony's brother Mel will be celebrating his 60th birthday. We will stay home for the summer for the 2 bike rides 'Michigander' and PALM (Pedal Across Lower Michigan) and then another Build in Marquette in the upper for August and then we might just head for warmer weather earlier this next year. Keep tuned. Anyway I will keep updating my blog as we go along and hope that in some way those watching will enjoy the ride on our Adventure...

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