Back from three days in Wisconsin. We flew out on Friday afternoon and arrived in Milwaukee at about 7pm to meet Zig's cousins on the Ziarnik side. Went to a restaurant called The Final Approach to eat our very first Wisconsin Fish Fry - quite the Friday night tradition in Cheeseland. It was fun, and VERY filling. Then we drove on to Madison to crash at the hotel.
Saturday was spent milling about the Farmer's Market at the Capitol (where I picked up 3 skeins of plain old Wisconsin sport weight wool, AND 5 different varieties of unpopped popcorn to give to Jackie Hennessey), drinking Spotted Cow beers on Monona Terrace, driving out to Dalton to bury Arleen's ashes, hosting a delicious and fun dinner party at L'Etoile back in Madison, and watching a 40 minute fireworks show over Lake Monona. I finished the Pimpelliese scarf on the way back from Dalton:
On Sunday, the whole group (about 30 of us) met again for breakfast at a pancake place. After that, Zig and I hung out at the Union Memorial Terrace at U. of W. on Lake Mendota. Pretty peaceful. Then we dropped by Mike Brunner's house for a bit, then over to Annette and Larry's house for supper and a slide show of their recent trip to Europe. Drove back to Milwaukee to crash in a hotel before waking up at 3:30 AM this morning to catch a 6:15 flight to Baltimore and finally, Bradley. Good to be home, albeit for only 2 1/2 days!
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