The Lyme Lounge got sprung from its winter berth today and has made its way back to the Planet Ann Arbor awaiting a summer of adventures all over the place. Looks like a nice spot to camp, right? It’s actually the UU’s garage in Gaylord and I doubt the GG slept in it the couple nights he was there. But who knows.

So, how did the Lyme Lounge get its name? Back in 2013, the GG ordered a Scamp trailer and he and our daughter mouse drove over to Minnesota to pick it up. They encountered Stormy Kromer along the way.

After they picked up the Scamp trailer, they made their way outta Minnesota, through northern Wisconsin and across Michigan’s upper peninsula. They did a lot of hiking along the way and they picked up dozens of ticks. Yick. One of the best ways to get rid of ticks on your body is to take a SHOWER but although the Lyme Lounge has running water (cold and hot), it does not have bathroom facilities. This is a tick. There were other suggestions for naming the Lyme Lounge but it was named after Lyme Disease.

After the GG and mouse arrived at the moomincabin, the GG didn’t feel all that well for a couple days. At one point, I suggested the urgent care (as much as I hate those things). He refused. In the end, we *think* he was bitten by black flies (there were all kinds of buggies out there besides ticks). Black fly bites make me feverish, as they did to Radical Betty.

So the Lyme Lounge is now here at the Landfill for the duration.

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