Back In Wisconsin

Had an exciting time in our last few weeks in Wisconsin. Got to catch up with a lot of people, go to some shows, cook lots of food, eat lots of food, stand out by some fires, and on and on.

A few highlights included a bike trip from Madison to Baraboo with Aaron, something we both have wanted to do for a while now. It was supposed to be sunny and warm but ended up being foggy and cool. Still we had a blast.

In line for the ferry



Also celebrated my Wisconsin heritage in the basement with Chris and James.



We had a big Thanksgiving meal, I ended up being so full I felt sick. Because James and I won't be in Wisconsin for Christmas we also had a Christmas celebration over the weekend as well. As you can see I splurged on my brother, the 99 cent can of Lost Lake.


Went to a show in the small town of Roxbury with my parents and Kate. It was a cool bar (Roxbury Tavern), Lake Louie on tap and cheap eats, oh and the band was pretty good too (The Dang-Its). Nice to get a little folk-country-americana show in before we depart.

Chris and I wrapped Madge up like a baby…. stunts like this could be a reason for her dislike of Chris...

Garden of the Gods

Before we left Denver James drove us down to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. It's a rock garden right in the town and it looks like something out of the Australian Outback. We did a short hike around the park and then hit up the ENORMOUS souvenir shop... I came very close to buying a large silver belt buckle with an eagle and a flag on it, but in the end America just wasn't worth the $16.



Kate and Balanced Rock
Brothers!
We ate lunch at Souper Salad, a soup and salad buffet (along with taco, potatoes, and nachos of course). Kate was very excited.

Kate is still excited
Our server, Matt, was very upbeat and extroverted.... lets venture a guess, amphetamines.... managed to (in a socially awkward and psychotic manner) jokingly accuse Kate of sneaking food into the bathroom, make jokes about dr pepper being called "dr... dr.... nurse.... pepper... nurse.... dr nurse pepper! ah hahahah!" and telling james his girlfriend came in the door to which we turned around and noticed a very large woman walking through the door. Needless to say we gave him a large tip.