Updates from Travel
Well I just took Becky back to the airport. It was really nice having her visit me. We went to Chicago on Friday after I picked her up from the airport. We had a good time in Chicago. We went downtown Saturday and walked along Navy Pier. We met Lindsay and her friend Jessica and went to the Hancock building on the 96th floor and had cocktails. It was fun being up so high and seeing the city.
Saturday night we had Chicago deep dish pizza. Becky and I drove back to Michigan on Sunday and found out on the way back that the State of Illinois is stupid because they make you EXIT the interstate to pay tolls along the way, and the only people that don't have to get off to pay have toll-way passes. Well, I didn't know that and missed a few toll plazas. So apparantly pictures of my car were taken and I'll be mailed a violation(s) unless I pay within 7 days. The problem is I have NO idea how many I missed or where they are. You would think I could call and ask how many plazas were on my route, which I tried to do. I was told "think real hard about how many you missed and send a check in for that amount". I told her I had no idea how many it was, but I think 2 tolls and she said "well send a check in for 2 tolls, and add a little extra money just to make sure". This is a perfect example of why cameras should NOT be used to ticket people for violations. The way I see it, if the state or government wants to collect money from you, they should PAY a human being to ticket you for that violation instead of being little money whores and trying to randomly ticket you for what they "think" you did. I say "think" because when I called a state government office TWICE I was told by operators "I don't know how many you missed". Well, how are you going to take my money, process it, and maybe write me a ticket if you "don't know". Stupid.
Anyway today we went to Canada and found out it was Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Most of the things were closed, but we walked along the river front and took pictures of sculptures in a sculpture park. There's not really much to do in Windsor, so we were only there for a few hours. We went to the Ren Center in Detroit and walked around the GM World display.
It was a nice long weekend though and we had a good time. I hope you enjoyed Michigan Becky.
Some pictures are below (from Chicago and Canada):
4 comments:
That missed toll stuff is crazy. If they don't know how much you owe, I'd just pay the minimum and then complain if they charge you more because you were never told how much to pay. "add a little extra money" - my foot!!!
Anyway, nice pics. Some didn't want to show up when I clicked on them, but the ones I did get to see real-size were cool. :) See you in a few days!
That girl in the third picture from the top is cute. The girl on the far left in the picture where Matt Sr is on the far right. Who is that? Hook a brotha up!
That's Lindsay. Becky, her, and me were in AP Stats together. She ran in the marathon that weekend. She lives in Greenville and works for Fluor, that's the one who was going to send you the job postings.
Hi Dave!! I had a blast with you this past weekend! I can't wait until I get to come visit again!!
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