You gotta love a grandma who will go the extra mile — or, in this case, the extra two days — to get her grandson a memorable ice-cream treat:

Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark. …

Cuestas arrived Wednesday at 4 p.m. She planned to spend the night in her car but after locking her keys in the car, she instead slept in the Belts bathroom. Brayden arrived Thursday morning. The two passed the last 24 hours playing games, reading and drawing.

It reminds me of the good ol’ days when my wife camped in the streets of our nation’s capital to get our kids tickets to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which is just weeks away. Alas, President Obama killed that family tradition last year.

But the local ice-cream shop just opened, so I’m taking the family there for a treat today — after we scarf some Costco pizza for lunch.