06.29.09_Madison

Some road trip stats

We're midway through our Slowcation and after a lovely, long, slow visit in Wisconsin that was capped off with 50th-anniversary festivities for Matt's parents (congratulations Dave and Joyce!) we're hitting the road again (and trying to stay at 60 …

06.29.09_Brewers_game 01

Take me out to the ballgame!!!

Today, please welcome my guest blogger: My son Tommy. He wanted to write about our visit to Miller Park. Unfortunately the Brewers lost to the Twins 6-4, but as you'll be able to tell from this post, we had a great time! Yesterday, we went to …

In disguise at Miller Park

Tommy has requested the chance to write a blog post of his own about going to the Brewers game, and so I will defer to his wishes and permit him to do so over the next couple of days. All I'll say here is that Tommy informed us as we got out of the …

06.25.09_MiltonHouse01

Pioneer history at the Milton House

One of the things I wanted to make sure we did on our visit to southern Wisconsin, where Matt grew up and where the boys can locate much of the family history, was to go to some of the local museums. I liked the idea that Tommy would be able to …

06.23.09_Madison03

Wild turkeys and tame tigers: A (mostly free) day out in Madison

Normally when we go to Madison, Wisconsin, we head right downtown where hang out on State Street, the Union Terrace, or at the Children's Museum. But on this visit, the boys had requested a nature walk (Tommy) and a zoo visit (Teddy). Surprisingly …