The instructor gave us our certificates and turned us loose at noon. 2\/3 of the class flew in and their flights didn’t leave till tomorrow,. so they stuck around and played with the machines. <\/p>\n
I cut out and hit the road, only to find out that the road was occupied. Well, the highway was, anyway. <\/p>\n
No worries, though, Michigan backroads are nice, and aren’t likely to be crowded, so I peeled off and scooted. <\/p>\n
I love backroads, at least as much for the things you see as for the twistiness of the roads. I chose one that seemed to follow I-94 more or less, and headed west. <\/p>\n
The road had a lot of long, slow gentle curves, and a few surprising spots that were two-handed in an Explorer. I took the inside of one (I could see the approach, and there was nothing coming) and accidentally overtook a bluehaired couple in a vette, who are probably still scraping the pudding out of their drawers. (sorry, grams and gramps. I just didn’t want to do that curve at 15 mpg) I got to see a house that looked like a gingerbread castle frosted in pink. I was already a mile past it before I thought of a photograph. If I can find it on Google Maps I’ll post a picture later. <\/p>\n
Anyway, I needed a Frappe, and in the middle of an intersection I saw I was driving past a McDonalds and banged a uey to get one. As I did it dawned on me that I had done this twice, recently. Sorry, Partner, mr B, and Midwest Chick. The 40 mph uey on east 38th street- well, I oughta’ve warned you. Hope your breakables made it home OK.<\/p>\n
Makes me wonder if I have a problem.<\/p>\n
I can stop anytime!<\/p>\n
Anyway it’s good to be home and going to sleep in my own bed tonight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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