Immamacs family adventure from Fargo to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Game

[Hmbre97 6255]

You planning a stop in Flint or Detroit on your way down?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

5 minutes ago, immamac said:

Need to lose about 40lbs is what that is. 

You appear to be well into your third trimester, so expect to drop at least 20 pounds within a matter of weeks.

[Baboontyme 2681]

Ain't nobody got time to lose 40 lbs when you have little kids. 

[tx 3 putt 75241]

@immamac what a great family trip !

thanks for sharing man 

[Genco 3029]

3 hours ago, tbone_ said:

What were you doing in Fargo?

[LTtxfan 48713]

Keep the updates and pics coming -- Great trip Immamac!!!  🤘

[HenryJames 65254]

9 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

Going to tell my daughter that's Aquaman.

[Pdawg88 1105]

Is that Bert Kreisher?

[Underdog 28120]

10 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

Your bathing suit seems to be faltering - What's that sticking out of it?

Last time I did that Sea World showed up. 

[Daichee Bell 2925]

[Bevo 13436]

29 minutes ago, Daichee Bell said:

Now use this image from Jaws:

 

 

 

 

[thunderlounge 7619]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Going to tell my daughter that's Aquaman.

Telling mine that it’s Jason Kelce. 

[Nigel Tufnel 196]

12 hours ago, immamac said:

 

 

 

Did you close with “Everlong”?

[n64ra 1072]

Plenty of jokes in my mind with all the pics but rather just say thanks for sharing.

[InkaUtexas 24932]

12 hours ago, immamac said:

Need to lose about 40lbs is what that is. 

Nah, perfect figure for the Surly bathing suit calendar.

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8852]

13 hours ago, immamac said:

 

 

Do y'all remember when Ursula Andress walked out of the water in Dr. No? Well, this is not that ... at all.

[LTtxfan 48713]

14 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Do y'all remember when Ursula Andress walked out of the water in Dr. No? Well, this is not that ... at all.

Ahhh yes...  Honey  

 

 

Edited September 3 by LTtxfan

[Underdog 28120]

 

[Bama Llama 1435]

To you, Immamac, for bravery in the face of certain mockery and ridicule, and for risking toxic contamination in a yankee nether region watershed, I proudly present the First Annual Surly Blue WTF You Only Live Once Blue Max

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[Hmbre97 6255]

16 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

Your bathing suit seems to be faltering - What's that sticking out of it?

[Deej 76156]

That's a lot of McRibs.

[MinerProphet 70]

7 minutes ago, Deej said:

That's a lot of McRibs.

Sonic cheeseburger.

[52-80 18982]

17 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

[CurlyDumps 4413]

[Daichee Bell 2925]

Liberty

Edited September 3 by Daichee Bell

[locodos 5230]

17 hours ago, immamac said:

 

Irie mon

[Daichee Bell 2925]

@immamacthank you for helping me learn Canva. 

[immamac 41617]

Early start. Went to the playground in bayfield on the water and gassed up, uploaded my daily update to autograph and set off to the orchards/farms in the "Berry capital of Wisconsin" also referred to locally as the FRUIT LOOP

For those that are unaware my wife's mothers family is from Ann Arbor, her grandfather Donald Peterson was a rose bowl winning QB. I assumed his season tickets because one of the uncles was tired of paying for them just to go to a game every other year (he's a sparty). To say we have deep ties to Michigan is an understatement. This is why my children have Michigan shit on, we are crossing the border into Michigan. 

Bought some fresh apple donuts, a fresh blueberry loaf. 

Gunnar found an apple that fell from a tree and ate it. 

Boys were obsessed with eating berries off the vine. 

Some local wildlife. 

[immamac 41617]

Currently about 3 hours into the 6 hour drive to Mackinac City where we will crash tonight, board the dog (no dogs allowed on the island)

I am paying the catering company cash for a steep discount (10%) and it's basically the only way I did this party without losing money. Well, there's a little interesting fact I wasn't aware of when I planned this. There is not a single fucking Wells Fargo bank in the ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN. So now I'm basically in and out of shitty rural internet trying to figure out a way to get 10k+ (exceeding IRS reporting etc) in physical cash. 

Called my good buddy who works at PNC. He told me they would take care of me. 2 hours later I have money in PNC (via wire) and cash ordered at the Ann Arbor branch for pickup Friday afternoon. Crisis averted. Thank god @BobbyB didnt have to mule cash for me across the country, which he so graciously offered to do. 

Now I just have to make it to PNC by 6PM Friday so we can all eat Saturday. 

By the way. We are fucking sold out on this party. 

[thunderlounge 7619]

49 minutes ago, immamac said:

Currently about 3 hours into the 6 hour drive to Mackinac City where we will crash tonight, board the dog (no dogs allowed on the island)

I am paying the catering company cash for a steep discount (10%) and it's basically the only way I did this party without losing money. Well, there's a little interesting fact I wasn't aware of when I planned this. There is not a single fucking Wells Fargo bank in the ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN. So now I'm basically in and out of shitty rural internet trying to figure out a way to get 10k+ (exceeding IRS reporting etc) in physical cash. 

Called my good buddy who works at PNC. He told me they would take care of me. 2 hours later I have money in PNC (via wire) and cash ordered at the Ann Arbor branch for pickup Friday afternoon. Crisis averted. Thank god @BobbyB didnt have to mule cash for me across the country, which he so graciously offered to do. 

Now I just have to make it to PNC by 6PM Friday so we can all eat Saturday. 

By the way. We are fucking sold out on this party. 

Laughing with you through this. What else can you do?

Hat tip on the covert operation.

 

And thanks to @BobbyB for his help too. Y’all doin the Horns work, keep up the fight. 

[Vertigo 20203]

19 hours ago, Bevo said:

[tx 3 putt 75241]

55 minutes ago, immamac said:

Currently about 3 hours into the 6 hour drive to Mackinac City where we will crash tonight, board the dog (no dogs allowed on the island)

I am paying the catering company cash for a steep discount (10%) and it's basically the only way I did this party without losing money. Well, there's a little interesting fact I wasn't aware of when I planned this. There is not a single fucking Wells Fargo bank in the ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN. So now I'm basically in and out of shitty rural internet trying to figure out a way to get 10k+ (exceeding IRS reporting etc) in physical cash. 

Called my good buddy who works at PNC. He told me they would take care of me. 2 hours later I have money in PNC (via wire) and cash ordered at the Ann Arbor branch for pickup Friday afternoon. Crisis averted. Thank god @BobbyB didnt have to mule cash for me across the country, which he so graciously offered to do. 

Now I just have to make it to PNC by 6PM Friday so we can all eat Saturday. 

By the way. We are fucking sold out on this party. 

 

[sith_horn 2322]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

Bought some fresh apple donuts, a fresh blueberry loaf. 

Now that's got me jonesing for some blueberry loaf or muffins.

[DaggerHorns 3030]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

 

I am paying the catering company cash for a steep discount (10%) and it's basically the only way I did this party without losing money.

A couple links that may be helpful:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-regs/travel_entertainment_faq_v1.pdf
 

Sizing

 

 

 

[Steamboat1874 4008]

This looks incredible.

[Magabro 171]

Cheese curds were fantastic. Squeeky and all. Perfect. Wouldn't expect any less from a joint in Wisconsin. 

Whitefish was on point as were the livers. 

Bonus pics of the town charm

Went from there to check into our little cottage in the north woods. Then immediately to the beach of lake superior. I took the plunge, water felt fantastic. No taste or odor, almost pure! Crystal clear. 

Then we went and got trout, they were out when I got there and a boat got in and they pan fried me one right off the boat. 

Now we are chilling by the fire and that's the update for today. More adventures tomorrow.

 

SurlyJesus

[Daichee Bell 2925]

3 hours ago, immamac said:

 

By the way. We are fucking sold out on this party. 

 

[Underdog 28120]

“and he ate it” might be site motto worthy. 

[randomhorn 1500]

On 9/2/2024 at 5:48 PM, Bolero88 said:

How was the fish liver?

Fishy

[runthebone 7875]

Y'all are some sick fucks letting your daughters see that picture.

[Sbbruin 21587]

3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This looks incredible.

Mackinaw trout are awesome.  

[immamac 41617]

Made it to Mackinac City. It was a brutal drive, the kids were losing their fucking minds and refused to stop to eat so they were all hyped up on snack food. 

Pics of the approach to the gigantic bridge over the lake Michigan Huron border and bridge itself.

We arrived and were gonna swim in the pool, but they just closed it for winterization today. Ended up going to another beach on the border of lake Huron and Michigan this time. 

 

And because I'm fat here's what I ate for dinner. It's a steak tips chalupa thing from some brewpub down here. It slammed and went hard. 

 

 

[Bevo 13436]

Sounds like you blew through Wisconsin. There are lots of pretty lakes between Duluth and Mackinac, which btw was named after Mack Brown's favorite cookie.

[immamac 41617]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Sounds like you blew through Wisconsin. There are lots of pretty lakes between Duluth and Mackinac, which btw was named after Mack Brown's favorite cookie.

We spent all night last night and all morning this morning before leaving in Wisconsin. We didn't stop at all the little things in between Wisconsin and Mackinac because there's a whole lotta nothing. 

[Deej 76156]

2 hours ago, Daichee Bell said:

 

Elko thinks he needs to eat more to keep up. 

[Bama Llama 1435]

Immamac, before you get all distracted with the postgame victory fest Saturday, promise yourself to save all these precious archived in a reliable mefium.  Your children and their will revere your memory for archiving this glimpse of history.  I would pay big money for pics of our family trip in 1964 from Tuscaloosa up to Sault Ste Marie (crossing the Mackiinac Strait Bridge) over ti to Quebec and back South.  Good times.  Thank you for taking time to share all this.

[immamac 41617]

Alright. It's been a fucking morning. Kids ate paw patrol Mac and cheese for breakfast which was not enough fuel to get us to check in at the Hotel, but damn close. 

We left early from the motel we stayed in and they retroactively decided dogs weren't allowed when we were leaving so they tried to hit us with a $50 fee. I told them to pound sand and take it up with Expedia. Boarded the dog JoJo who has been the best behaved on the entire trip (including me)

Got to the ferry place and kids and wife were in full meltdown mode already. 

From the 9AM to 10AM time slot they will actually detour slightly to go under the bridge instead of straight to the Island. We got the 930. 

Gunnar getting horned. 

 

Sights from the boat dock to the bridge. 

Viking cruise ship crossed under the massive bridge showing you the scale. 

Really incredible engineering here. 

View of the island and some rich peoples mansions

View of the Grand Hotel where we are staying from the boat. 

Map of the island

Got a horse drawn carriage up to the hotel and snapped a bunch of shots. Didn't get one before hopping on but got one on the way down. Woody and Buzz were our horses. 

someones gotta shovel the shit!

Check in isn't till 4PM so we are early as fuck and have to figure out how to kill 3 hours without a nap for Rafa. Found a cool arcade the boys had a blast. 

Ate lunch in town after walking down and had some smoked whitefish dip. 

Rafa crashed out hard on the walk back and is currently parked in the corner in the room. 

random shots 

[MBHORNSFAN 44]

Good stuff

[BornAndRaised 12201]

20 hours ago, Daichee Bell said:

 

This would be a really really good tweet... @immamac

[Deej 76156]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

Gunnar getting horned

Gunnar not at the helm?

I'll see myself out.