Our weekend adventure didn’t start until 6:01pm, and it wasn’t a minute too soon! We all had to wrap up what felt like an unbearably long work-week before we could finally pack up the Envoy and set sail for the pastoral fields of Ashland, Ohio.
Hitting the road was fairly painless. Our first departure only got us about a mile and a half down the road before we realized that we’d forgotten some mission-critical shit at my place. Our final time of departure was 7:38pm, which put us at the cabin sometime between then and sun-up.
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Manda.... |
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...tends to mess with people from the back seat! |
Chicken, my mom's 19 y.o. dog, came along for the trip! |
As it turns out, Sancho’s pizza was half-way decent -- not great -- though better than nothing. Getting back on the road after this extended pitstop wasn’t exactly expedient, but we were all much more content after having stuffed our guts full of grub (and even a quick cold one for those of us who weren’t driving!).
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Typical! Plenty of 'tude comin' from, Amanda! |
‘Twas smooth sailing after the debacle getting fuel, smokes, and sustenance in southern Michigan. We cruised on down the turnpike toward an exit not far from the middle of nowhere, which led us to a two-lane highway off which another road took us ever closer to our destination.
The anticipation of our arrival was matched only by our yearning to get the hell out of the vehicle after what seemed to be an unnecessarily long, though enjoyable, journey. Quickly forgotten were all the trials and tribulations of the week once we’d all had a chance to stretch our legs and slake our thirst with a couple of brewskis.
Brother Chadlee |
Brother Chad was already at the cabin awaiting our arrival with beers in the fridge and tunes on the radio. We arrived shortly before midnight without much gas in the tanks -- the Envoy and our own. The four of us made quick work of killing a considerable amount of beer before throwing in the towel and calling it an evening, for there was much work to be done in the morning.
The brothers Byrnes managed to whip up a tasty breakfast with which we slugged down some potent java to get our engines revved up after what felt like an insufficient amount of sleep. Before we knew it, the clock struck beer-thirty and it was time for us to crack ‘em and then get crackin’ on getting shit done! A quick social broke the huddle indoors and sent each of us on a mission to start knocking out the chores that awaited us patiently.
Capt. Eddie aboard the USS Husqvarna!! |
Waist-high and jungle-thick, the lawn gave the 46” Husqvarna and Eddie quite the challenge. Fortunately, Eddie woke up with enough patience to cut the entire lawn in a painstakingly slow gear in order to prevent the blades from bogging-down from too much grass being cut at once. Chad cleaned up around the yard and in the cabin as I wrangled and wrestled w/ the weed whipper hacking down what Eddie couldn’t get to. Amanda did a great job of preoccupying Gilly, Chad’s 8 y.o. son, so that we could kick ass around the property getting shit done.
Casa del Byrnes |
The lake is right at the back of the property! |
Both thristy and hungry, we packed the vehicle and trailer hastily before saying our adieus and venturing toward the not-so-distant land they call Parma Heights, Ohio. Our anticipation of the incredible food that awaited us upon our arrival was the only thing that kept us from stopping somewhere to gorge ourselves upon cheap and shitty grub after having worked up ferocious appetites from doing chores all morning. Indeed, breakfast had been a distant memory as one country highway turned into another as we followed our GPS toward the next great leg of our Memorial Weekend adventure...
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