Holiday Weekend

This Blog entry is in the spirit of 24 for three reasons, too much happened this weekend and it will take too long to write, I'm lazy, and there really isn't a reason to do it this way because I never watch 24.

Friday:

5:32 - Cori Arrives
5:33 - The decision is made to go out to eat
5:47 - We arrive at Niskers
5:51 - Food is ordered with a tip from the waitress that the green beans suck
7:05 - Kalamazoo Kings vs the Traverse City Beach Bums starts
7:06 - Kalamazoo is already up 8 to 1
7:42 - Mark runs out of insults and now actually feels sorry for Cori's team
9:30 - Three outs to go, this game is over 13 to 5
9:35 - Bases are loaded with Bums, zero outs, and the score is now 13 to 10
9:37 - Some miracle happens and the Kings avoid blowing this lead and giving Cori endless payback for my teasing. The game ends 13 to 10.

Saturday:

7:50 - Becca begins making homemade (from a can) cinnamon rolls
8:15 - Sugar rush has started, time to head to Al Sabo to ride
9:12 - Mark tips over on his bike after stopping without unclipping his shoes
9:22 - Mark tips over after being told by Cori he would yet he tried anyway
9:37 - 7 miles in the books
11:43 - Lunch at the Big Burrito
1:15 - Cori finds her first stage of a multi-stage geocache
2:05 - The multi-geocache ends with a fail as one of the stages is in a swamp
4:23 - Grilling chicken on the grill begins
4:25 - Cori, the guest, is now grilling corn on the cob (we are horrible hosts)
5:05 - Dinner turned out pretty good
5:52 - Driving over to South Haven to watch the sunset
9:05 - Ohhh Awww the sunset was mediocre
11:15 - Time for bed, long day tomorrow

Sunday:

6:45 - I'm up, the girls are still sleeping
9:47 - We FINALLY get to the trail and begin riding
11:29 - 17 miles into the ride, Becca decides to go off the trail and into a swamp
11:30 - Mark tips over again trying to rush to Becca's aid
11:33 - Becca, Cori, and Mark are all laughing hysterically at what happened
1:42 - We all made it 34 miles to South Haven and were all smiling
3:00 - Becca showers the nasty swamp off herself
3:23 - Lunch at BW3 to watch the Wings and have wings
3:43 - Cori states she sucks at mini golf
3:44 - The decision is made to go mini golfing since the Wings were winning
4:15 - Mini golf sucks, Cori won
5:37 - Oh the cherry pie and ice cream is soooooo good
6:00 - Kevin Spacey movie night starts
10:30 - Mark slept through both movies and is now going to bed

Monday:

7:15 - It's morning already?
9:16 - we are now dodging walkers on the Celery Flats trail
9:32 - Mark tipped over for the fourth time of the weekend
9:49 - 8 more miles are in the books
10:29 - The girls are at the 9th street park attempting to fly kites
10:41 - Cori tricks Mark into flying her kite
10:42 - Cori's kite is now smashed into the ground
10:43 - 10:57 repeat the last two steps over and over
1:30 - Microwave pot roast could only be better if we didn't eat all the pie
2:00 - 4:30 Watching movies and plain hanging out
4:31 - Becca gets her dirt bike gear out, the discussion starts
5:01 - Cori finally heads home


In all, it was a very fun weekend. The main stats: a hair under 50 miles ridden and I tipped over 4 times on my bike, Becca's new name is swamp ass, and Cori got lucky at mini golf.