Since my wife's family was in the Upper Peninsula we visited them during the holidays. Christmas wasn't Christmas unless there was snow on the ground, in her mind. So off we went, most of the trip taking place in Wisconsin. For seven years we lived a mile from the Wisconsin border and so we did our shopping in Monroe, Wisconsin, and made big trips to Madison now and then. We also had family strewn around the state and so we took trips to Milwaukee, Appleton, and Janesville to name a few. Lots of memories in Wisconsin.
The Sausage Races at Miller Park (Now American Family Field)
As a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals with family in Wisconsin being Brewers fans the 2006 postseason was a family rivalry for who who be the National League champs, with the Cardinals taking the crown over the Brewers 4 games to 2. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series over the Texas Rangers. Some years later we were able to go to a Milwaukee to watch the Cardinals play the Brewers with same family, only this time the Brewers won the game. You can't win them all.
My wife's aunt and uncle had a little house on Pine Lake, which was in northern Wisconsin, and many family members took vacations there over the years. The one time I remember well was the week we went there with the aunt and uncle as I was asked if I might help them update their one bathroom. That was not a problem, except that we were told the toilet needed some special care, though specifics were not given. Turns out that that old cast iron drain was in the wrong place with it sticking up through the floor. Try as we may there was no way around an unusual solution, and that was to place the toilet on a raised platform in order to connect to the drain. We laughed a lot about that project and that became known as "The Throne" and it really lived up to that name. But we also got to enjoy water skiing and tubing and had a great time on the water.
Until next time,
Arktander
(aka David Andreasen)
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