WESTPORT "CHRISTMAS PARTY & POLAR BEAR DIP II!!!

HO HO HO!!! WHAT? You don’t like Christmas???!!! The crowds and stores with the clerks that are a bore and everything BUT helpful(REMEMBER, that YOU, as a customer is KING!!!), as you search once again for the "perfect gift(That would be JOY, PEACE and GOODWILL to men, right-yeah, in some card designers classic hits and that philosopher still up on that mountain!!!)," but once again that tie, the infamous fruitcake, or some other "As seen on TV" wins in that final, desperate search for perfection....for what, that long-last relative who’s name you drew out of some hat(and it wasn’t even a Santa hat!!!) Oh, don’t forget those family gatherings as you watch the wars begin and you ask yourself what is the earliest time that I can get the hell out of here and away from this "family day!" Commercialism at it’s finest(I WANT, I WANT, I WANT!!!) and knowing that we will get it, but nagging at our mind(and pocket!!!) is the True meaning of Christmas, long forgotten, save SCROOGE(Yes, that classic!). The tree a toppling(kitties little climb, dogs tails whine, and the child that lost his mind!!!!) and everything gets broke and the carpeting is sopped(a little sugar/sap water)! Oh, blinded and blurred from all of those lights(I haven’t seen that many tracers since the 60’s man!!!)

OK, OK!!! So it’s not your favorite, but hey it’s over on the 25th and it’s time to unwind, relax and enjoy! Consequently, you are cordially invited to the warmth(unless you take the ‘DIP" that is!), joy, and magic of Christmas with WESTPORT!!! Remember, it can all start with that "Santa Pack, " or the magic of that child with Santa, or seeing the spirit first hand, perhaps being the recipient of that spirit-shown, from perhaps, that perfect stranger, yes, that one, and suddenly there you have, THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS!!! Maybe Scrooge did have something there, after all, hey? So what? You don’t like Christmas???!!! Humbug and Hamburg to you!!! HO HO HO!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Anyhow, come on out, stop in "for one," take the "Dip," followed by a warming Jacuzzi, and that game of pool, as well as who knows(vets of WESTPORT know!!!) Please bring your cases of beer(yes, cases, why not?), your towels and swimsuits, as well as some holiday cheer(spirit or spirits!), and some munchies, a dish to pass around, or maybe a little desert(do they still have the cutouts?)-anyhow you get the point!!!! 

For those of you who think that the reindeer return to the N. Pole on Christmas Eve, it would behoove you to rethink that as they are all out in Hamburg-PLEASE BE ALERT & AWARE!!!

KNOWN TROUBLE SPOTS: On Strawberry Lake Rd. at the "S" curve past Merrill; Almost anywhere on N. Territorial once you get past 23, and most of Mask Rd. But there can be others, as well so take heed!!!

FROM POINTS SOUTH AND EAST:

96 To 14, or 94 to 23 NORTH and go to exit #53(Whitmore Lake). This is basically Eight Mile Rd but it has at least 2-3 name changes. When you exit TURN LEFT and go 2.6 miles (there is 3 curves) to STRAWBERRY LAKE ROAD(a cemetery is on the right side). TURN LEFT and go 3.5 miles to DUNLAVY LANE(look for 3 roads close together like city blocks, starting with West Lane, then Louis St and Louis Lane and the 4th one is your turn) and TURN RIGHT and go to a T (after a curve) in road. At T TURN LEFT(watch out as a tree separates the lanes). Go to a Y in road and TURN RIGHT to FIRST HOUSE- a TAUPE CHALET: 11497 Dunlavy Lane. Yes, you will be ready for a cold beverage!!!

ALTERNATE using NORTH TERRITORIAL:

the You can go ALL the way to US 23 if you EXIT at BECK ROAD, take a left to the light which is Territorial and turn right and go about 13 miles to US 23. You can either head North on 23 or continue over 23 and go about 6 miles to Mask Rd(this will be your SECOND flashing yellow, with your first one being your last chance to stop at a store!). Turn RIGHT onto Mask and go about 3.5 miles to to a stop sign which is Strawberry Lake Road. Turn RIGHT for 1/2 mile to Dunlavy on your left, the first street.

FROM POINTS NORTH AND EAST:

696 To 96, or M59 to 23 SOUTH and go to exit #55(Silver Lake Rd). TURN RIGHT and go to stop sign(which is right there) and TURN LEFT to FIRST STREET(Winias Lake Rd) and TURN RIGHT . Go 2.1 miles until it dead ends at stop sign and TURN LEFT and go to another dead end and stop sign. TURN RIGHT (M36) and go 1.1 mile to MERRILL Rd (a lake is on right and a Dairy Queen is on left). TURN LEFT to first stop sign and TURN RIGHT onto STRAWBERRY LAKE ROAD and go about 1.8 miles to DUNLAVY LANE. As mentioned above look for the 3 roads close together and the 4th one is Dunlavy-follow the directions above once you make the turn unto Dunlavy.

96 to D19 exit in Howell. TURN RIGHT unto D19 and go 9 miles to dead end or "T". TURN LEFT(M36) and go about 5.9 miles to MERRILL RD. TURN RIGHT(Only way) and follow directions above once you get to first stop sign which is STRAWBERRY LAKE RD!

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