Bill, Will, Mark, Brad and I went up North for a guys weekend. We met up in Gaylord at Bill's place on Otsego lake and hung out there for the night. We grilled out in a big way. We had these huge Delmonico steaks that we smoked and grilled, some salmon, bread and a bunch of vegetables. We sat around the fire in a food coma afterwards eating, drinking and talking.
The next morning we headed out to Brad's hunting cabin in the Upper Peninsula. Brad's hunting cabin (not to be confused with his cottage in Pickney) is on about 240 acres of land in the middle of nowhere. There's no one for miles around and there are animals everywhere. We saw a ton of wild turkeys and some deer. As you sat there, you heard no ambient noise from the road or the city - just this amazing chorus from the birds and the forest around you. The weather was perfect, so Brad, Mark and Will went golfing while Bill and I went four-wheeling. Brad has miles of trails that go all throughout his property so we went flying around those for a while. The four wheelers are fun, but his Polaris ATV is amazing. this thing can go over and through stuff a Hummer can't get through. It has a top speed of 55mph and can make it up and down just about anything.
There was no cell phone coverage where we were at, so I went through withdrawal as I was completely separated from the outside world without access to the web, cell or even smoke signals. The weather was amazing. It was supposed to rain all day and ended up being about 85.
Once again, we grilled enough for an army. We had a 20lb beef brisket, hot wings, bread and these jalapeños with cream cheese wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill. I ate 20.
We couldn't get the pistons game on so we hung out out around the fire in another food coma , listening to music and shooting the breeze - mocking each other for any minor transgression of the man code. We headed back on Sunday morning as it stated pouring and made it back by 2:30.
You can see some of the rest of the pictures here.
3 comments:
male bonding sounds like the 5 of you had a super time did you hold hands and sing or just do the elephant walk down the dirt road?
what did you do with Bob?
Bob was dressed in a french maid outfit the whole time serving us drinks..... actually, he couldn't go. he'd be up north with his livonia buddies.
Also - what's an elephant walk? Sounds like some kind of swingers deal.. Since you left the post anonymously, I can only guess who you are.
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