Comfort Inn Manitowoc

... My Sisters Keeper based on the Jodi Piccoult book, all she has to say is READ THE BOOK! Ha, ha. We both enjoyed heading off and doing our own thing but we are never disappointed to meet up again.

We stayed in High Cliff State park, on another gigantic lake (Lake Winnebago!) with big gigantic beautiful limestone cliffs that you can walk along and even through. We enjoyed walking through ...

Well, I've started this travel blog a little prematurely, but I'm too excited to keep everything quiet. Trisha and I have officially started saving for our world travel adventure which will begin on the 6th of April 2010. Still deciding exactly where to start our trip and how it's all going to work out. All I know is that it WILL happen. 9 months to go. Until then this blog will help me organize my thoughts, ideas and potential travel destinations. Can't wait to get started.

The wind was headed south west all day. We were headed north east all day. For those that aren't good with directions, that means the wind was in our face. Matt (who bikes long distances often) says it's the hardest day he's ever had biking. Me? Well, it's possibly the hardest day I've ever had. At least physically. There were moments of total.... It's impossible to discribe what was going on with me. I'll ...

... to allow options for tourist stuff to do. They cater for everything and allow you maps and booklets, this woman packed us a small plastic bag of booklets (we are sifting through now) including a small plastic magnifier to assist us read the road map. We had a great run across this state and are now situated in a Mariner RV park next to Lake Michigan, how cool is that? We have consulted the books and brochures and will most likely have a tourist ...

On Saturday, July 12, Don walked 20 miles (only 20!) and stayed again in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.. TOTAL MILES 11,895. This is from a note from Don, himself: "Since I'm earlier than I anticipated, I only walked 20 miles yesterday [Saturday, July 12] and indulged in some tourism along Sheboygan's lakefront with Loretta yesterday. She especially enjoyed that. The lake shore is beautiful. That's the first time on this trip when I've ...

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... because I actually like to wash my clothes that way now. Strange, eh? I cook as much as possible. I even have started to make ice cream from scratch. I want to try making peanut butter from scratch next. In my spare time, I volunteer at a no kill no cage cat shelter. I have also adopted three special needs cats from there. Why special needs? Because there was nothing I could do for the animals over there. I made a promise to ...

... simply say "goodbye" to everyone that I was not able to see before I left. I'm sorry, and it's no excuse, but gosh, I've been busy. PLEASE write to me and tell me how you are doing...oh, and eat some ice cream for me...specifically a McFlurry, as I will miss that more than almost anything.... I love you and take care! "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." -- Bernard Meltzer.

... books that other people want banned from libraries) They had a temp in the position and after a long process, decided to stay with the temp! BOO!! I did work as a temp myself for a couple of months. And then, my old job called me to let me know that my replacement had quit and could I come back while they look for another one? Of course!! And wonder of wonders... a project I really wanted to do was still waiting for me ...

... Jamaica on January 2nd. Well I guess I should begin by telling you that my Christmas break didn't really go as planned. Not at all. I arrived in Wisconsin, happy and content on December 21st, ready to ski and play in the snow. By Friday I was not feeling well because of lower abdominal pain, and the temperatures were in the low 30s and the snow was silently disappearing. Saturday, I woke up feeling even worse. Lower abdominal ...