Uma had already moved to ann arbor and i wanted to surprise her by showing up in ann arbor unannounced. defaulting to desires, i planned a quick weekend gateaway to my first midwest ‘national’ parks of sorts. at this point, after having been to enough national parks, sleeping bears wasn’t particularly mind blowing but quite adorable in it’s own way. more importantly, my time with the kiddo was more precious as i see her less often.