Country Inn By Carlson, Platteville
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Chicago Skyway, confusion in Illinois
... tasting shops for local wineries, the atmosphere. Galena was the home of several Civil War generals, including Ulysses S. Grant - and at his home on the hill, they've erected a statue of his wife. The Galena River runs thru the middle of town, was an important riverboat passage. The town is built up the hillside on either side, each parallel street much higher. The flood gates that protect the surrounding area from the low ...
Leaving Town
Babies require a lot of stuff. An awful lot of stuff -- I'll get into that later. But by Saturday morning, we had condensed, packed, loaded the car, and we were on our way to Chicago.
This is the first time we've ventured out of the country since we returned from our 'big trip' just over two years ago. Since then, a couple of things have changed -- we've landed in Platteville, WI. We've bought a house. And, most ...
Packing on Valentines
We've spent Valentine's day doing last minute running around and packing getting ready to leave for three weeks. Samuel and Christina will be holding the fort down at home. Rosana's at her apartment a few blocks away. Jim and I made last minute purchases, caught last appointments and made piles of things to take.
Now the suitcases ...
My Head's In Mississippi
Erica war der Meinung ich müsse unbedingt den Mississippi sehen. Von Chicago sind es ca. 3 Autostunden zum Fluss. Wir entschieden uns nach Dubuque, Iowa zu fahren. Erica war dort noch nie, aber wir wollten auf dem Hinweg in Galena und auf dem Weg zurück in Rockford einen Halt einlegen.
Die zwei Stunden nach Galena starteten erst rech langweilig. Illinois ist fast überall flach. So flach! Als wir kurz vor Galena, nicht mehr weit ...
Corn and car show
13th Aug cont.
On the way to Madison, we passed through a village called Cobb who was hosting a car show and corn eating competition, so thought we'd have a look. Some of the cars were in lovely condition and ranged from vintage to early 2000's and were all lovely to look at. The sweetcorn eating contest started around 1pm with 13 people trying to eat as much as they could in 3mins. Last year's winner ...