Henry Vilas Zoo

Our weekend getaway this time was to Madison, Wisconsin. It is only a two hour drive from home but we decided to stay up there Friday and Saturday night. That way we could drive up after work on Friday and make a leisurely start on Saturday morning when our plan was to visit the Henry […]

Lost Canyon

Georgia and I were back in Wisconsin Dells over the last weekend. It is one of our favorite getaway destinations since it is less than three hours away and we always enjoy our stay. But, because we do go there often,  we are always looking for activities that we haven’t done before. This trip we […]

Waukegan Airshow 2011

Use an iPad, Go to Jail?

Lets hope the ridiculous set of proposed  limitations on electronic flight bag use gets dropped by the FAA. If this draft advisory circular, entitled Guidelines for the Certification, Airworthiness, and Operational Use of Electronic Flight Bags EFB, is approved it just might make all portable GPS navigators obsolete. Here is one quote from the Flying […]

EAA AirVenture 2011 – Part 2

Tuesday I let Georgia sleep in while I caught the 7 AM North 40 bus over to the show grounds then walked to the main bus park to catch another one out to the seaplane base. The contrast between that location and the main site is amazing. While AirVenture at Wittman is sensory overload, the […]

EAA AirVenture 2011 – Part 1

Georgia and I only spent a couple full days at AirVenture this year but it was still another great trip. We got there on Sunday and took advantage of the pre-show day to trade our online tickets for wristbands and to get oriented without the big crowds. It gave us time to locate the exhibits […]

Cruisin’ on THE River

Georgia was going a little stir crazy after being kept close to home since her surgery so we made a short, non-strenuous, road trip over the weekend. We drove to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and took two cruises on the Mississippi River. We left home Saturday morning and, after driving through heavy rain as we […]

Georgia’s Surgery

On Tuesday, July 5th, Georgia had her gastric bypass surgery at St Alexius Hospital. It was scheduled for 10:30 AM but the doctor was behind so she didn’t get into the operating room until after noon. The surgery went fine but took a little longer than expected because the doctor had to work around scar […]

Waiting for Georgia’s Surgery

For a while we didn’t think it was going to happen but, Georgia is going in for her gastric bypass surgery tomorrow. She has been on a high protein liquid diet for two weeks now in preparation and went to the hospital for a pre-surgery checkup and lab work last Tuesday. Her kidney function readings […]

Milwaukee County Zoo

Sunday was another perfect day to get outdoors and enjoy the weather. Georgia and I chose the Milwaukee Zoo for our outing. We had been there before but it was years ago. This seemed like a good day for a return visit. It is a smaller park than Brookfield Zoo here in the Chicago suburbs […]