The third night we crossed over into Wisconsin near the Mississippi and stayed at La Crosse Wis. The next day we drove east towards Green Bay. We saw lots of pretty green fields, fir trees and other trees and lots of farms and barns and even a goat farm. Everything was so clean looking and so well tended. There is no desert there so there were no dried up grass or weeds. There are also no mountains, so the sky looks very large.
We arrived at Tammy's beautiful home around noon the third day. It was over cast and damp and looked a lot like the Pacific Northwest. Tammy's house is located on a cul-de-sac where there are about 4 other homes and they are all high end homes. She lives next to a DR. She gave us the grand tour. She has posted photos of her home on her blog so I won't say anymore except that the house is very large, beautiful and has a lot of storage space and a beautiful yard with fountains, fenced in, private and very green and she does not have to water. She has two decks, upper and lower and an outside balcony on the 2nd floor. I think her house sits on 1/2 acre. She got the house for a steal and the most wonderful thing about it, is that the previous owners left a piano, lots of wall art, all the window fashions, art and paintings, 2 beds and bedding, end tables and patio furniture just to name a few. The house has 3 fireplaces and a hot tub. We sat in the hot tub during our visit. She actually has three different living rooms, the formal living room, the TV Room and the family Room. There are lots of shelves everywhere. She has a formal dining room and hutch. It's too bad everyone is so far away because that place was just made for entertaining.
Green Bay is a very clean city with lots of beautiful homes which are well tended. There are lots of beautiful churches, mostly Catholic. I did not see any LDS churches so that was weird. The church bells ring every day from the Catholic school near by.
We took a trip on the Green Bay Peninsula to Door County. We saw lots of wineries, bed and breakfast places, tourist attractions, and just beautiful scenery. It was kind of cold and damp though. We went to Lake Michigan which is one of the great lakes. You cannot see where it ends. It seems as big as the ocean. There is no swimming there though. The water is very cold. We enjoyed eating at a little dig Called "The Rusty Tractor." I also bought some fudge at one of the little shops in the area.
While there, we also went to a train museum where Randy was excited that he could hardly contain himself. His grandpa used to work for the railroad and got on the train with him many times. These were the old black coal burning steam engines. There was a large display of trains there but Randy's favorite was the Big Boy which was enormous.
We were going to go home through South Dakota to Mt Rushmore and on to Devils Tower in Wyoming, but we were just too worn out. I hope we can go next time we go that way and we should go there first before going to Tammy's so we won't be so worn out. I am going to have to start flying again because it's so far to visit her. Randy won't fly, so I guess I will go alone. However, we will both try to drive there again in the summer when it will be warm there.
One the way home, we had tons of rain coming down really fast. We stayed in Austin MN the first night, Grand Island NE the 2nd and Little America in Wyo the third night. We had a great time. It's good to be home though, but our place just doesn't measure up to Tammy's place. And I need to mention that I did have to go buy warmer clothes because I did not bring enough with me. Tammy said the weather had been nice until we got there.
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