we swung through grand rapids, michigan to pick up odin’s cousin evelyn! I can’t tell if they are excited.
now 11 hours of driving! AND NO STOPPING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!
TO ALBANY!
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day 4195 – 359/365. finally! star wars: the force awakens!
neither reserved sold out seats nor the threat of a 0.5” of freezing rain and 50mph winds could keep us from getting to see star wars: the force awakens in imax and 3D!
the kids loved the movie and the adults love the movie! totally worth seeing again. pretty iconic experience overall. i’m thinking if your an 11 year old ( or older! ) the character rey in particular is going to stick with you for a long time.
my initial sense is that it’s probably better than “a new hope” and “return of the jedi” and on par with “the empire strikes back”. that said, i agree with pretty much every point in in this kottke.org summary of thoughts ( warning: spoilers! ), especially points 6 and 8.
day 4194 – 358/365. the good and bad of the fancy features we don’t have in small town movie theaters.
we tried to just walk in off the street to see star wars: the force awakens only to discover the theater recent started taking reservations for seats and all the good seats were sold out for the day. i didnt even know reserved seating was a thing that existed! at first, it was annoying to not be able to walk off the street and get seating, but i think knowing we can get in tomorrow with a group of six and not have to stress about where we will be sitting will be awesome.
so, we made our reservations for the next day and then tried out the new, fancy d-box seating that you can reserve for even more money. the seats move and vibrate with the action in the movie. odin thought it was AWESOME! i thought it was a distracting gimmick that felt like you were in a broken massage chair.
day 4192 – odin and cousins enjoying multiplayer crossy road on appletv.
ironic, since nothing being played with was a xmas gift :-/
day 4020 – 185/365. road tripping buddies.
heading home after a week on vacation. bringing a cousin home with us. the three of them are packed into the back seat for a 6 hour drive. frida likes to rest her tired head on the center console of the jetta and maybe takes up more than her fair share of space but the humans don’t seem to mind 🙂
day 4017 – 182/365. hiking the hogback!
we decided to take a little hike pre-birthday hike up hogback mountain near marquette, michigan.
we didn’t know it at the time but some consider it one of the most difficult hikes in michigan. i don’t know about that, but it was challenging. the hard work was worth it though because the view of lake superior and the surrounding area was gorgeous.
super serious selfie alert! hiking and climbing and serious business 🙂
do yourself a favor and click through the panorama and view full sized on a large screen.
day 4016 – 181/365. traveling with the poppi-razzi.
poppi, always with the picture taking.