Some photos from the past week:

Here we are at Safeco. Detroit did not play well but it was still a good game. I finally tried garlic fries...they're good until you reach that bottom layer that's almost entirely garlic.



Bates, home of the best sliders in metro Detroit. White Castle and Krystal pale in comparison. I was good and only ate one. Dad was smart and had a ham sandwich instead.



I have a long list of "must eats" when I head back to Michigan. Here they are, in no particular order:

-Gyro from the Coney Island-check!
-Michigan brand cottage cheese w/ Fritos-check!
-Cheese chimichanga from Xochimilco's-check!
-Bates burger-check!
-Primo's pizza slice if Darryl is in town-check!
-Dole whip from the Handi Dip-check!
-Jelly donut from West Fenkel's-check!
-Dan's sub- nope :(
-Mom's lasagna (if she feels like cooking) - nope :(

Sad news- my grandpa passed away on Saturday :(

He was the best grandpa, even though he made me drink hot totties when I was sick. He'll be greatly missed.

On our way back from REI yesterday we picked up some Squishees from the Kwik-E Mart. Huh? This is great- twelve 7-11's around the United States have been temporarily converted into Kwik-E Mart's to promote the upcoming Simpon's movie. In addition to Squishees, you can also buy Buzz Cola and Krusty-O's cereal (No Duff's though).

A few photos have been added to the gallery. Check them out here.

A brief writeup on our trip:

We left on Friday after work drove straight through. Well, after a few stops like the Gap outlet, that big-ass fruit stand/antique store near Ellensburg, Spokane and the small town of St. Regis (unfortunatley the trout aquarium was closed for the night). After a quick truck-stop nap we arrived in Yellowstone around 7am. We checked out several geyers and thermal features, then checked in to the Old Faithful Inn. What an amazing place- you really fell like you've gone back in time. I would highly recommend a stay there, but only if you're a sound sleeper- there is not much insulation in the place and you hear every single noise in the building.

The next day we checked out the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and a few other geysers. Then we drove to Grand Tetons NP and camped at Jenny Lake for a night. On Monday we had a nice hike up to Amphitheater Lake then headed down to Jackson Hole to see what the town was all about. Eric dubbed it the "Key West of Wyoming". It's very touristy and you can buy just about anything with a moose on it- tee shirt, shot glass, golf ball, you name it. It was still kind of neat though. Very "wild west".

On Tuesday we started heading home and shelled out the extra $10 to stay at the Missoula KOA. KOA's are a good place to people watch. We have a fondness for them, probably because they have hot showers and a $2.75 all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. This one also had a hot tub and a game room where Eric won me a ketchup/mustard bottle combo from the claw machine.

We rolled into town on Wednesday afternoon, just in time for all the 4th of July festivities in our neighborhood. What a great trip!

Looks like the gallery problem fixed itself! Thats great because we ended up spending the entire evening at our neighbor's house.

Here is one of like 300 photos from last weekend (from Grand Tetons N.P.), more to come:

It appears that the photo gallery is experiencing some techincal difficulties. We just got back from Yellowstone but I'll try and locate/fix the problem tonight.