We arrived at the church parking lot just before 6:30 am, we would have made it sooner but mom turned all her lights out then found it was so dark she couldn't get out of her house so had to turn them back on again and off and on. We were lucky to make it in time. We pulled out just after 7:00 am once all the food was finally loaded onto the bus.
There was so much food brought on board there was no way to fit it up in the luggage rack and the food took up 2 full seats. We were thinking perhaps some of our first time cruiser thought maybe food wasn't provided on the boat. Almost everyone brought oranges or cuties, there were over 200 of them packed for our small group of 41. Mark Kieser was the first bus driver then Tim took over after lunch. Mike Meister told us stories of his volunteering in New Orleans during Mardi gras. Soon the song books were taken out along with the instruments.
We arrived at the hotel in Jackson, MI right at 5:00 pm, checked in and met everyone down in the lobby for dinner. The hotel put on a nice spread. After dinner a bunch of us met at the hot tub then back in the lobby for games. The party is still going strong but I've been up since 3:30 am and am now heading to bed. Breakfast will be served at 7:00 and we are to be back on the bus by 8:00 am to finish our trip to the cruise boat. It is safe to say none of us are hungry and all are having a good time.
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