It wasn't a picture perfect weather day.  It was a little cloudy but it was a picture perfect day for Marianne my wife and I.  We are waiting for results from a bone scan she had done the other day.  So I set up what she needed the most.  She needed a little comfort from Ryan our son. The fall colors were beautiful.  We got off the main highway and took some back roads for an hour.                                        I called him (he lives in Chicago) but he was busy.  I was going to drop in with Marianne but he had a Halloween party planned with friends.  But he was great and said he would meet us on the west coast of Michigan to go to an apple orchard on Sunday.  So Marianne and I drove about 2 1/2 hours and he and Katie drove a couple of hours to meet over on the west side of the ... 10/25/2009