The Dexter Bakery

I'm starting with a funny vacation story about me because I don't want everyone to think I am picking on the rest of my family. Those stories will come later.

For all of you who live in the south, you are missing out on something very important. Great Bakeries! (and no, Krispy Kreme doesn't count) . The bakeries up North, I have to admit, are awesome. Almost every small town has one, and because they are family owned they are all different.

My favorite happens to be the Dexter Bakery in Dexter, MI. Maybe I am partial seeing as how it is the town where I went to school, but I believe it to be the best bakery I have ever eaten at. They have every pastry you could imagine, but it gets better. They also have these soft pretzels that are to DIE for. They have pretzel sticks (about 1 1/2" wide by about 10" long.) which are my favorite, but they also have the cheese filled variety, which are also my favorite.

The following story is told in the third person simply because it is funnier that way.

So one morning on vacation Kalyndra gets up (around 10am, because monther let her sleep in) and says "Hey, lets go to the bakery today." Knowing that bakery foods are pretty high in calories, Kalyndra decides to exercise first. So she rides her bike for about 9 miles. She was done by 10:45 or so.

Since Kalyndra was going to the bakery, she decided to save up all her calorie eating glory for bakery food and not eat breakfast after the bike ride.

Kalyndra, mom, and the girls finally left the house around 12pm. You wouldn't think it takes that long to get two little girls ready to go, but it does. Between going potty, finding shoes (who would think a flip flop could end up in the birdfeeder 5ft off the ground) picking out one toy to take in the car, and getting buckled in, Kalyndra thought they might never get there.

Finally, everyone is on the way to the bakery. It is then that mom says, "Hey I want to get my haricut today. Let's swing by on the way. We can even get the girls hair trimmed too!"

Now Kalyndra is torn. Kalyndra wants the girl's haircut done by a professional, because, let's face it, Kalyndra is lousy at cutting hair. However, Kalyndra has also been up 3 hours and expended calories on a bike ride. She is starting to get hungry. Let's just say that Mom wins.

After the three haricuts, which look very nice but also took 90 minutes, Kalyndra is ravenous. Remember, she still hasn't eaten anything today and it is almost 2pm. They finally make it to the bakery. The order:

12 soft pretzels
2 sprinkle doughnuts
2 custard filled long johns
2 cream filled pastries
and
2 regular chocolate doughnuts.

In our defense, we needed breakfast for the next day too.....

On the way home, Kalyndra downs 4 pretzels and one chocolate doughnut.

When they get home, Kalyndra eats a custard filled long john and 2 more pretzels.

At 3:30 pm Kalyndra takes a nap because she is sick.

She doesn't eat anything the rest of the day because she does not feel well.

Kalyndra still can't wait until next summer's trip to the Dexter Bakery ;)