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Not JUST Work

07.07.2010 by juliegumm@yahoo.com //

Despite three long days at the music festival, our time in Michigan was not just all work and I’m so glad Mark and I got to take the trip together.

One of the World Orphans board members has a lake house about 30 minutes from Gaylord, Michigan where the festival was and he invited our whole crew (13 of us) to stay with them.

Let me tell you, I want to grow old on this porch! The home was so beautiful and they were the best hosts every – feeding us all kinds of yummy food – grilled fish, tenderloin, great salads. Yummo!

They also have “The Barn” which upstairs is kind of party central with a pool table, ping pong, table shuffleboard and a big media room where I first entered the world of “Rock Band”.

And now I’m a little addicted.

I stayed up until 2 a.m. one morning play with Luke and our host, Mark. I tend to stick with Bass because it’s a tad easier. Mark did a rousing rendition of Livin’ on a Prayer that brought the crowd to tears. I wish I had pictures. 🙂

Sunday before we left I got to take a bit of a spin on the Waverunner. So fun! Got that baby up to about 48mph.

It was so nice at the end of a long day of hobnobbing with rock stars to have someplace relaxing and fun to come back to 🙂

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Categories // Featured Articles, Orphans & Social Justice Tags // Big Ticket Music Festival, Michigan, Mullet Lake, World Orphans

Comments

  1. beBOLDjen says

    July 7, 2010 at 9:30 am

    Again for reiteration: Rough.Life.

    I wanna work for World Orphans! Do they need a maid?

  2. Wendi says

    July 7, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    what a blast!

  3. stacey says

    July 14, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    You lead a hard life, my friend!

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