Day 1

Raging thunderstorms and a long conversation with an Allstate rep in which we were told that our car insurance policy had been terminated (it hadn't exactly) set us off on a belated start, but Jun and I eventually made it out of the driveway and partially up the Michigan mitten.

We drove through scenery from my childhood before taking the two-lane backroads to South Haven, a picturesque town on a stretch of Lake Michigan. We walked past the cute shops toward the lighthouse, and then both looked at each other and said, "Let's live here!" the only problem: terrible, terrifyingly cold winters.

So we settled for a late lunch of salad, fish and local beer, then cruised through Holland, stopped in Grand Rapids for a couple amazing hot dogs from Yesterdog and kept going up to Wolf Lake. Dumpy roadside motels rock.

Along the way, I learned that Jun doesn't so much as caress the brakes for deer. I wonder what would happen if we saw a bear on the side of the road.

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