Monday, June 29, 2009

Motor City

Yesterday we drove from Chicago to the Detroit area. We went to the
home of my cousin Renee and her husband Andy and their kids Andrea and
Alex in Canton, MI. They were hosting a gathering in our honor. Also
there were my Aunt Charlotte and my cousin Andre and his wife Jill and
kids Nichole, Marcel, Royale, Pierre and Maurice.

I last saw Charlotte, Andre, Jill and Renee in 1978. It was wonderful
to see them again and to meet their families.

Renee and her family have a pool. Audrey got in shortly after we
arrived and spent the next four hours in the water with me, Nichole or
Andrea.

Today we relaxed at Aunt Charlotte's house. The photo is at the
elementary school across the road. Audrey spent most of the day
playing with Aunt Charlotte's new kitten Tascha. Our Charlotte spent
the day being inexplicably terrified of the kitten.

This afternoon we met Renee and her family for dinner and they
surprised me by inviting my Uncle Ed. During our brief visit to
Detroit we got to see all of my family here. What a treat.

Tomorrow we'll head east again. We're going to take the Canadian route
to Niagara Falls. We haven't decided where we'll go from there. Maybe
northeast to Toronto and Montreal then down through Vermont and New
Hampshire or maybe just straight across New York to Boston.

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