Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin
I’ve only been to Wisconsin to visit my sister and her family in the winter when it’s crazy cold. So I planned a little trip for Memorial Day weekend. I only had four days, but oh, those four days!
Kim and I got much-needed massages and I played with the kids on the ranch. The kids took me on golf cart tours and we rode bikes for all of 10 minutes. We went to the Memorial Day parade and watched fireworks. Wisconsin folk love their parades. My favorite entry was a late model Mercury with a stuffed animal lion duct taped to the top of a car. The homemade poster simply read: The Lions Club. That’s it. They’re real fancy like that. But everyone was there. Everyone. All ages, sizes, fashions and hairstyles. Anything goes in Wisconsin.
Kim and I traveled to Door County. Just the two of us. We went on the Door County Trolley Tour, strolled around the shops, admired all the homes and stopped to have lunch. Kim picked some restaurant solely because they offered sweet potato fries. After waiting for more than an hour, we threatened to leave so we got our food for free. Cha-ching! But it really wasn’t that good so we stopped for yummy custard at Not Licked Yet. That name just makes me laugh.
The next day, I took all three kids to what I thought was Bay Beach Amusement Park. I later found out I went to the wrong place, but we had fun anyway. We went to some castle-themed place with go-carts, paint guns, arcade games and batting cages. While we were waiting to ride the go-carts, I told some teenage boys behind us that they were going to eat my dust. Tye told me to be quiet, which made me laugh. I, “the fun Aunt,” embarrassed my nine-year-old nephew. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any better on the race track. I had the pedal pushed to the floor the whole time. When we passed people, I cheered really loud and told Taylor to make funny faces at the people. We ended up in first place – ah, sweet victory! For some reason, I get really competitive in a go-cart.
We played in the water and sand at Neshotah Beach on Lake Michigan. I’m wearing Tye’s gray t-shirt in the photos. We also wear the same size shoe. Again, he’s nine. Yes, nine.
We also went to one of my favorite new places: The Osthoff Resort on Lake Elkhart. In one word – amazing! The grounds are absolutely beautiful. They have kayaks, hydro-bikes and paddle boats. We rented one of each and took turns. It was lovely.
I like Wisconsin much better in the spring. It truly is a beautiful state and I absolutely love spending time with my sister and her family. Thanks Wes and Kim for being such wonderful hosts.
Now sit back and enjoy the photo slide show. Get comfy. I took lots of pictures.
Kim and I got much-needed massages and I played with the kids on the ranch. The kids took me on golf cart tours and we rode bikes for all of 10 minutes. We went to the Memorial Day parade and watched fireworks. Wisconsin folk love their parades. My favorite entry was a late model Mercury with a stuffed animal lion duct taped to the top of a car. The homemade poster simply read: The Lions Club. That’s it. They’re real fancy like that. But everyone was there. Everyone. All ages, sizes, fashions and hairstyles. Anything goes in Wisconsin.
Kim and I traveled to Door County. Just the two of us. We went on the Door County Trolley Tour, strolled around the shops, admired all the homes and stopped to have lunch. Kim picked some restaurant solely because they offered sweet potato fries. After waiting for more than an hour, we threatened to leave so we got our food for free. Cha-ching! But it really wasn’t that good so we stopped for yummy custard at Not Licked Yet. That name just makes me laugh.
The next day, I took all three kids to what I thought was Bay Beach Amusement Park. I later found out I went to the wrong place, but we had fun anyway. We went to some castle-themed place with go-carts, paint guns, arcade games and batting cages. While we were waiting to ride the go-carts, I told some teenage boys behind us that they were going to eat my dust. Tye told me to be quiet, which made me laugh. I, “the fun Aunt,” embarrassed my nine-year-old nephew. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any better on the race track. I had the pedal pushed to the floor the whole time. When we passed people, I cheered really loud and told Taylor to make funny faces at the people. We ended up in first place – ah, sweet victory! For some reason, I get really competitive in a go-cart.
We played in the water and sand at Neshotah Beach on Lake Michigan. I’m wearing Tye’s gray t-shirt in the photos. We also wear the same size shoe. Again, he’s nine. Yes, nine.
We also went to one of my favorite new places: The Osthoff Resort on Lake Elkhart. In one word – amazing! The grounds are absolutely beautiful. They have kayaks, hydro-bikes and paddle boats. We rented one of each and took turns. It was lovely.
I like Wisconsin much better in the spring. It truly is a beautiful state and I absolutely love spending time with my sister and her family. Thanks Wes and Kim for being such wonderful hosts.
Now sit back and enjoy the photo slide show. Get comfy. I took lots of pictures.
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