I found myself in seven different cities this weekend, on a wonderful, whirlwind weekend celebrating everything we love about summer. We started Friday morning in Cecil, Wisconsin, where I led a hike through the Wisconsin Woods, despite a True Grit tumble into (cover your eyes, squeamish readers) a snake hole! (It may have been more [...]
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Fore!ward to summer in the great state of Wisconsin
Our summer muscles are achy and our Wisconsin bellies are full but, holy cow! we had a great weekend in the Dairyland. How could we not, when the strawberry crops, the U.S. Open and Billy Joel all showed up at the same time? Saturday, we took a sunrise drive to Hartford and enjoyed a lovely [...]
Land of the free because of the brave
This weekend, we ate smiley faced pancakes with fresh blueberries, raspberries and chocolate chips. We played pickup baseball, Hedbanz and a loose-ruled version of Family Feud. We took long, slow walks down old country roads. We watched a mother robin feed her baby birds. We sat around a crackling camp fire and listened to frogs [...]
Five things that happened when I put down my smartphone
I jumped off the superhighway this weekend to nurse a debilitating data gorge and hangout old school with my family and friends. With no WiFi at our cabin, I had to put down my smart phone, and give the real world a good look-see. Here’s what happened: I reacquainted myself with Monopoly during a rousing [...]
Five things you need to know about Pedal Taverns (before you jump on)
We hopped on a Pedal Tavern this weekend for a leisurely ride through Milwaukee. So many things about our jaunt through the city turned out to be exactly as I'd pictured them -- the laughter, the view, the downtime with friends -- that we all highly recommend booking a ride. But, a few things I [...]