monday (9/21) morning, having checked out of illinois beach state park, it was back to chicago to pick up julia. i think if i went on vacation to chicago to visit someone i knew, you know fly in/fly out, run around with someone who knows the city…it would be a blast. but driving in and around and out, not for me, nope.
wisconsin, however…LOVE IT!
first stop – the jelly belly factory of course!! we didnt take the tour, but did go in and buy some jelly beans :o), then my camera batteries died.
then, as we were in wisconsin, what next? find some cheese!!! julia’s friend, john, recommended the mars cheese castle, and well, since we WERE in kenosha…:
then we drove west towards southwestern wisconsin, and decided to splurge on a motel room. we found the swiss aire motel, in new glarus, wi to be sweet and cozy. this was monday night, and it rained, so the motel was super nice! we unloaded the car and went through all the gear and downsized everything, sending a package of julia’s excess stuff to her dad’s along with some hot sauce picked up at mars cheese castle for him, and some jelly bellies for kenny. my excess went to doc’s with some hot sauce for him. sorry honey, i forgot to include your gummies from albanese, so expect another package at some point :o)
giving up some gear was liberating! it made extra space in the vibe, which makes it so much easier to transfer the gear from the back to the front seats, when we car camp. life is easy, yep.
and life is fun, here on the road with julia.
and happiness is blueberry white cheddar cheese:
Thats a whole lotta cheese! I know someone who would be in heaven! Love the picture of Julia at the Mars Cheese Castle! - Serena
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