“I’ve got an idea!” I said with excitement in my voice. “No kidding? Really?” she replies sarcastically. Sound familiar? It’s a frequent occurrence in my house. Of all the things I’m not good at, coming up with ideas is not one of them. Mostly they…
Well, it’s over. It was a long trip with one too many stops, but everyone made it safely back. Due largely to our wonderful driver, Jeff. I realized today that I hadn’t taken any photos of him, so I snapped a couple. He was a…
Morning: Scandinavian theme continues We left the tourist-trap that is Wisconsin Dells for rural (and absolutely beautiful) Wisconsin early this morning. It was way too early in the morning. Especially since I wasn’t all that excited about the visit to our first destination: Little Norway.…
Morning: On the road and a local lunch Now the days are just flying by and we’re headed home. Which means we’ll be on the road more and more each day. We left Door County early this morning and drove through Green Bay (and by…
I don’t currently live on a lake, but I grew up on a lake. A large lake. In fact, people are fond of saying that it’s the largest natural lake in Indiana. My summer job, all through high school and part of college, was on…
9:15 a.m. Norwegian Chapel After another incomprehensibly huge breakfast buffet, we headed to the Bjorklunden Boynton Chapel in a nearby harbor. It was nestled in a wonderfully picturesque, secluded forest on Lake Michigan. The grass was wet and green. The trees were lush. The sun…
Breakfast: It’s become the running joke of the trip: planning to eat, eating, and talking about what we ate is why we’re here. I’m used to eating just one thing for breakfast. A banana. A yogurt. A bowl of oatmeal. I wasn’t prepared for the…
Day 3, 8:30 a.m. Racine We left the hotel in Racine around 8:30 without much fanfare and drove to Manitowoc without stopping. It was fun to drive around Milwaukee and see the Brewer’s stadium, but it was a pretty uneventful trip. 10:45 a.m. Wisconsin Maritime…
Day 2: 5:00 a.m. The stupid alarm clock in the room went off at 5:00 a.m. It took it awhile to get through to my ear plugged-sleeping-brain, then I was afraid I’d turn on the radio and wake up Willie. I didn’t, but couldn’t get…
Day 1, 10:00 a.m. Becky plays a History Channel documentary (on the video monitors on the bus) about the death of Abraham Lincoln and the plot to steal his body. Fascinating really. The first stop on our tour is in Springfield, Illionois to visit Lincoln’s…
Wisconsin Post: Day 1, 7:30 a.m. It’s a quiet group on the bus of residents and staff from Meadowlark Hills as we travel down Interstate 70 headed to Springfield, Illinois, the first stop on our journey to Wisconsin for the week. The most amazing so…