Little MGs First Big Trip

If John's little MG (the license plate's FUN MG provides its first name too) is not exactly young, but it is the clan’s youngest addition, as it were. The trip to Traverse City was its first Big Trip. Soon after our arrival there Monique intended to take Brigitte on her maiden voyage in FUN. I hoped to take a picture, but John was assiduously busy (1) removing the last bit of dust and (2) making Brigitte as comfortable as possible—

I had to wait a bit before I could show off FUN in his complete, shiny glory...

Here! The background is our motel, called Anchor Inn. This is our second stay at this facility, which is now becoming our Second Rugby Home, complete with pear tree shedding fruit, a walk-to-beach for swimming or watching the Moon-Rise late by night. The first time, however, that we had cabin...

Yes. That number, in whatever combination, is an omen of Good Luck for this clan. The beach? Here it is:

The moon rise? Well, here it is, but I'll have to get Kodak to give me yet another lesson on using its High ISO setting for capturing images in virtually lightless conditions.

On the way home we thought we'd get some shots of FUN with the Great Water as backdrop, and above is the first, with John at the wheel.

With Monique and John both...

And finally with the two of us!

The young-old MG performed splendidly on the trip. On the last leg of it, in the dark, I rode with John, and we both enjoyed listening to Click and Clack do their Car Talk on Public Radio together—which seemed rather appropriate material for the occasion...