Shortly before their move to San Francisco, Fredo (carl's brother) and girlfriend Miyuki, travelled with old med school friend Peter Martin to Ann Arbor for some (semi-enforced) inaugural camping and backyard fire-making on an unseasonably warm fall night. We unearthed an old brick stove in the corner of the yard in the week prior -- according to our neighbors, this would be the first fire in 14 years. We purchased a half-cord of wood from a guy off Craigslist, fashioned a grill out of two metal curtain rods (see below), and cooked chicken suasage and S'mores. Miyuki brought her dog Lee along - who mostly stayed in the leopard-skin pillow until the event was over.
Our new Ann Arbor friends Ingrid and Megan leant us their tent with the warning, "its pretty big." The two-car garage sized tent was assembled entirely in the dark (see headlamp on instructions above.) It took someone on each corner to hoist this mother up. Needless to say, Alden was entirely supportive of the entire event - he mostly marched in and out of the ROOMS of the tent and yelled to hurry the process along. In the end, the combination of sleeping outside and S'more in his bloodstream did not allow solo sleep, so Elizabeth shut in early for some co-sleeping and goodnight song(s).
A wonderful couple days with old homies -- good luck to Fredo and Miyuki (and Lee) who fly to san francisco today to start their new lives on the west coast. . .
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