MI.4

October 4, 2010, after the last blog, kinda like backwards entries but then us elders can be thata way, Hay! Hay! Hay!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Soooooooooooo! Michigan, finally. There is a magic about the area around Grand Traverse that seems to pick up my spirits. We had such a grand time and meeting our Friends was a great feeling of peace and welcome. We stayed very busy and the few days spent there, Little Pony gathered up over 600 miles galloping from our roosting spot to the Resort and Kewadin and Mile 3 center and sight seeing. Janice got to check into the Resort on Thursday evening and she enjoyed that as time spent in the Little Tee-Pee was not the same as being home but she met many folks from all around the Nation. We even met some relatives that we had never met before. Small world!! The Friday evening performance went great and our niece, LaVonne from Cottage Grove, had made Brother Lou and I matching ribbon shirts. Bro Lou was surprised and happy and we wore them for the performance. Two tribal members from Grand Traverse joined us on stage and really helped out with the program. Ruby John on the fiddle and George Troudou on the keyboards. We were able to get in a solid three hours of singing and playing and had folks hot-footing on the dance floor. A great, solid evening. More honors were heaped on me as new friend Jack Swanson, Veterans Leader, got me into the grand entry and Veterans Honor Meal and closing ceremonies. A first for me in these events and a great honor. Thanks Jack and wife Dawn. Brother Tom and his wife Phyllis were ever present and gave great support. Our prayers for Del and Sharon as she just had her last chemo treatment and was limited on travel time but was around at every possible time that she could muster up the strength. Bless both of You. The efforts of Pat Putney and Anna Harwood were beyond words. They were ever-present and busy each moment of the gathering. The presentations were great and the Sat. evening fashion show was sooooo! Cooooool!!! I was asked to play my flute for the show and I did!!!!!! Wow!!! Never knew I had sooooo muuuuuch wind. About two and a half hours of tooting!!! Hoooo! Hooooo! Great times. After closing ceremonies on Tuesday we were again beating the path on south to Bro Lou’s brother-in-law. We spent the nite and on wed. Gail was down for the count. Something grabbed her and she spent the day in bed along with the uks that go with this kind of affliction. We started playing music around 2 pm and took a short break for dinner and it was after 11 pm that I finally found the buffalo hide. The next day, Sis, caught whatever Gail had but was able to travel as we hoofed on down the trail heading west. We screamed thru Ind., Ill., Iowa,wa,wa, wa, Minnesota, South Dakota and found the trail to our present location and here sit all broken hearted but it is time for me to clip on back to Sheridan and hopefully get Little Pony healed up again and git to gitten on down the dusty trail so fellow Hostiles and Gentiles, till then, Giddy Up and GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!1