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# Saturday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/46650/
- Published: 2018-07-28T17:48:26.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-28T17:48:26.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

> Alpena boardwalk, morning 7-26-2018 [pic.twitter.com/KbIXIVoenf](https://t.co/KbIXIVoenf?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

> — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) [July 26, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1022497698770022401?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

I took my annual pilgrimage to Alpena, Michigan, returning Thursday evening. Alpena is a neat little city on the shores of northern Lake Huron. The picture above is a bit Potemkin, as evidenced by this picture that I took after turning around in that exact same spot, but it's still a neat town:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Alpena-Ugly-300x225.jpg)

It wasn't my traditional family vacation, which is normally hard on a guy like me, but it's alright. I got my eldest daughter betrothed, which is great. Her boyfriend showed up from Boston and surprised her with a proposal:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Abbie-Proposal-225x300.jpg)