Plan B – September 9, 2015

Instead of spending the afternoon wandering around Bronner’s as planned, we spent the afternoon in the Customer Lounge of the local Ford Dealership.  Yup we have truck problems!

Over the past 6 weeks, a warning message would randomly pop up on the instrument panel of the truck.  Each time we would take the truck to a local Ford dealership and each time we were told that they didn’t find anything wrong and it was nothing to worry about.  This time they found something wrong and have to order the parts which will not arrive until Friday at the earliest.  This means we stay in Vassar until the parts are received and truck is fixed, either Friday afternoon or Monday.

When all was said and done, we had to drive to a nearby town to get a rental car, since the Ford Garage did not have any loaner’s available, while Ford worked on the truck which took the rest of the afternoon.  We arrived at Bronner’s after dinner at about 8:00 p.m. and it is going to be fabulous.  We walked in just to take a peek, because they close at 9:00 p.m., and we were amazed.

Part of the campus is a replica of the Silent Night Memorial Chapel of Oberndorf, near Salzburg, Austria that was built in 1937 to mark the spot where Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818.

Oberndorf Chapel – Replica from Salzburg, Austria

With the song playing softly in the background inside and out, you can feel the reverence and simple beauty of that well known song.  Did you remember that the first performance of that song was using guitar accompaniment because the organ was being repaired?  And that is the way it is being played in this chapel.

Inside Chapel

Stain Glass window in Chapel

Chandelier in Chapel

By this time, the lights in the parking lot had turned on and we drove around taking in the many light displays scattered everywhere.

Entrance to Chapel at Bronner’s – Frankenmuth, MI

Nativity Scene outside of Chapel

Nativity display on property

I can’t wait to go back tomorrow and take in as much of this store’s 45 acres as my little legs can handle.