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| Next to the restaurant's famous rock! |
It is a small world. This morning we started in Bay City meeting the morning crowd at the local favorite, Krysiak’s House. The Bouchards have a lot of ties in the area with my grandparents growing up there as product of the American Dream. My great grandfather came over from Lebanon and began his small business in the area that grew from a grocery cart into a very successful department store, Sams Brothers. After we mentioned our common history, one woman happily recalled she had bought her wedding dress from the store! Even more bizarre, as my dad and I talked to one gentleman (who said he had recently voted for him absentee), he asked what my grandma’s maiden name was before she changed to Bouchard. “Sams,” we said. His eyes widened and he exclaimed, “I dated Doris Sams my junior year of high school!” A veryy small world after all!
The rest of our day didn’t have as many surprising discoveries as the first stop, but the conversation was just as fruitful. After Bay City was the Midland Chamber of Commerce luncheon where my dad addressed the group on his platform to revamp a pro-business environment in Michigan. In Saginaw we met with the Young Republicans and I had the pleasure of introducing my dad before he answered their questions on securing the border, his proposed structural changes and his unique back round that sets him apart from the other candidates.
We ended the evening in Grosse Point with the last fundraiser of the Primary Election. (!!!!) It’s still surreal that the polls open in under 96 hours. Monday night, Election-eve, is the big get out the vote rally held at Brother Rice (my dad’s high school). It is sure to be a blow out event with special guest, Joe the Plumber! I have to admit that I don’t know too much about Joe besides what I saw of him during the McCain campaign, but I look forward to meeting him and rallying with YOU on Monday night before the big day!
