DAY 13: 240 Miles for a New Sweater
Several years ago, when Max (almost 9) was a baby, we visited Frankenmuth, Michigan. While there, Ali and I discovered a wonderful sweater store, Abbey’s of Frankenmuth. I splurged that day and bought myself a really nice sweater. A few years later, someone I won’t name here (not a family member) wore my sweater while cleaning something. It was ruined but I did get about seven years of good use out of it before then because it was so well-made. I was remembering my beloved sweater when Richard was planning this trip and said, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could swing into Frankenmuth so I could visit that sweater store again?”
My wonderful husband, who always spoils me rotten, rerouted us to Frankenmuth, MI on our way home, which added about 240 miles total to our trip. When we arrived there on Friday evening, I said, “Gosh, honey, I hope that sweater store is still here!” Heh…
On Saturday morning, we set off to once again explore that beautiful (and very touristy) town. First stop was lunch. Second stop? The sweater store – yes, it was still there! It only took me a few minutes to find another fine sweater, strong, hand-made, and ready to keep me warm on cold Maine winter nights for another seven years!
Mason thinks my new sweater makes a great Obi-Wan Kenobi costume.
I told the lady at the cash register about our long trip to get my new sweater. She was quite amused…before telling us about their website. 
Oh, sure, I knew they had a website but I wasn’t going to spend that much money on one article of clothing that may or may not fit if ordered by mail. And, I needed to feel the sweater to ensure it was super soft. I had to be there in person.
We spent the rest of the day shopping (mainly for our adult children – the “big kids” – back home).
I was going to buy this jar of Morel Mushrooms for our daughter, Ali, who’s majoring in Culinary Arts…until I saw the $49.95 pricetag.
It got progressively hotter as the day wore on and I got a heat headache that pounded my right temple in rhythm to my pulse. It was time to head back to the RV, which is when we discovered we had a bit of an electrical problem…and no air conditioning due to a melting power plug. More on that tomorrow…
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