When I returned after lunch to pick up my stuff and head for home, I found the church organist just packing up her things and getting ready to leave.
 
 

Breaking News:  Michigan's legislature, currently divided over the pronunciation of GLCE's (long 'e' or silent 'e'), promises to have a state-mandated pronunciation by next school year.

And, I love the language - "yah" "shooor" "youbetcha"  - something akin to living up in the Saginaw Valley and hanging around Frankenmuth a lot.

"Remember the year we spent most of the vacation motoring down around the bend to that reed bed because we kept finding schools of walleye just off there in about 12 feet of water?"

Lots of traditions have grown up over the years, one of which is awards, something I began about 15 years ago.  Largest fish, smallest fish, weirdest catch, best hand of cards, a traveling trophy with little plaques on it to keep track of the biggest game fish from each year's retreat.  And, of course, The Bozo Award.