In 1722, Daniel Defoe wrote “A Journal of the Plague Year.” I should have thought of that. I’m months behind on this online journal, and it’s not just because it’s been a plague year, although we did forgo our yearly biking trip in March to the Biloxi area. Since then, though, we’ve been very busy at the shop getting a lot done during the Michigan shutdown mid March and April. Here are some pictures that will remind us of this plague year. Our trip to Florida in February was a little different. We stayed at a beautiful big cabin in Suwannee River State Park again, but then headed to Fort Myers to spend a little time with sister Kathy and Ginny who were staying for a week on Sanibel Island. Then up to Wilmington, NC as we have done in the past to spend time with our good friend Alex, for nearly 6 years our business partner at the shop. In late March we had a big flood. I took a selfie while in my kayak and a pic of John next to the house. We spend more than a week with our vehicle parked up on dry ground while paddling into our island home. Basically, a good time. There's a photo of me lying out in the sun (after the flood) almost lost among our river-rat clothes line, one of John hiking our secret sand-dune trail in Leelanau County, another eating out at Clifford Lake Inn, and along the Lake Michigan channel in Muskegon city park---in all three cases seriously social distancing. John did a lot of work at the shop while we were shut down, but since May we've been partially or fully open, as we are now. Grand-dog Tank has been with us most of the time, and we get a lot of positive comments about how nice things look.
