Frankfort/Arcadia

Dad and his fishing buddy Bob came up as we left Lansing on the 19th. Every August they hit up the Sunset Valley Resort in Arcadia, a fine little place that I first stayed at in 2002 in the aftermath of our family's terrible summer.
In the past, when I had the bookstore job, I would take my week's worth of vacation and head up there to hang out, maybe get a little fishing done.
Well the weather wasn't great all week and a combination of a flat tire and possibly water gas led Dad and Bob to pull anchor and head downstate Saturday morning. Being that the room was paid thru Sunday we drove to Frankfort first, to pick up some food, before rolling down to Arcadia where we caught the sunset.
Sunday we packed up, took our time, and rolled out. I have a few more pics to post from the drive back, so stay posted.

Origami 5K

This morning we are in Lansing, to walk in a 5K for the Origami Head Trauma Rehabilitation Clinic 5K in Mason. Origami is the place where we took my brother in 2002 to get back on the track to being the productive guy he is now. His testimonial(now slightly out of date) is on their website and it is a place that I always wanted to do something to help out with. By that I mean I think that they do great work and I always thought that due to its importance in our lives. Josh was there staying for three weeks and then he continued to do out-patient stuff.
It was the last place that I thought about having a cigarette, when he was being checked in I wandered out onto a bench and put one in my mouth. But it started to rain and I went back inside.
The place did great work but it always was a tough place for me to visit, and I haven't been back there since 2002.