We left Canton early, and did 7 caches on the way home. Dick had to do them by himself because a) I wasn't feeling well, b) some involved a lot of walking, and
c) the weather was miserable - dark, dreary, overcast and misty. But he did find seven caches, so he did well in spite of everything.
We ate lunch at Bennigan's in Big Rapids, one of our new favorite places...and while we were there, there was a power failure! What is it with us and restaurants losing their power? Shades of the Blackout at Hillcrest last week! Luckily, we were just finishing up when the power failed. We had wanted to fill the gas tank before we got back on the freeway, but with no power, the gas stations couldn't pump gas. So we drove off on the freeway keeping watch for signs of power - and Reed City had electricity, so we filled up and headed for home.
Traverse City had also experienced a wind storm and power failure. We had electricity by the time we got home, but no phone service. Our TV with TiVo was not working, so we felt lucky to have our computers up and running for logging caches and reading e-mail. Our neighbors suffered some tree damage, but nothing really serious. We haven't noticed any downed branches on our property.
