We made it back to MI! For three years we’ve been waiting for an opportunity to get back and explore this state some more. We’ve visited here a number of times for family events in Bay City or visiting our friend Sally in Traverse City. Back in 2012 we had to cut our U.P. adventures short when we learned we were expected in Lexington KY for a special event. Tonight we are in Portage Lake Campground in the Waterloo State Recreation Area near Jackson. Since it’s our first Michigan adventure in the T@B, we’ll be able to add a state sticker to our map tomorrow!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
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