Around South Haven

We walked around South Haven tonight, and came away with a lot of observations...

• It is so amazing that the beach and the lake are only 3 blocks from our house. Walking on the beach here, I can see us going to the beach quite a bit until the weather turns.
• We walked up through the harbor area, and it looks like it was built recently. Although I am guessing it was not. Very well maintained. I guess it is a bit sad that I expect things to be in disarray.
  
• The downtown area is so quaint. Even though the majority of the stores were closed when we were there, you can tell that they will be interesting to explore on a different day.
• The movie theater is a definite throwback. Three screens, we are hoping to go see a movie tomorrow. Probably Inglourious Basterds.
  
• It is a bit surreal coming from a highly populated area to being here now. We walked home from downtown South Haven (about 6 blocks or so), and we were the only people on the streets once we left the main street in downtown. Reminded me of walking around at 3 in the morning, except that it was 8 pm.
• There is a rather unique store not far from downtown, that appears to sell all sorts of unusual items. In the window were: a gas pump, and a pedestrian walk signal, among other things.
  
• Just another reminder that we are in the Eastern time zone: When a television show states that it is live, it actually IS live. Unlike on the West Coast, Dancing with the Stars was live. We are rooting for this guy, since one of my co-workers knows his mom. And he seems pretty cool too.

I don't assume to think that all the assignments we take will be like this, but this is a great start, and gives me confidence that it will be good.