Getting Back Into The Groove
Steve came by and picked me up at 8:00 a.m. and we were on our way to The Drunken Bear for the first time since late last fall. Steve had gone up a couple of times over the holiday season and did some various things. I was still working then and trying to get my house decorated for the holidays, so I was not able to join him. It was a cold morning, with frost everywhere. It was one of those mornings where you look at the houses and the roofs are all the same color...white. Steve pointed that out as we were approaching Monroe. It looked like a scene out of the Stepford Wives where nothing could be out of the ordinary. Thankfully the look was only temporary. There were some major changes on the way to the cabin since the last time I was there. First, the new exit from Hwy. 522 onto Hwy. 2 at Monroe is now open. It makes it so much easier and faster to make the transition. Now you just turn right at the exit from Hwy. 522 and ...