Winging It

Alaska 2012 – Part 1

August 6, 2012
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Chicago to Vancouver On July 19th, Georgia and I left home for our second cruisetour to Alaska. Our first one was in 2006 with Carnival Cruises. This time we took a longer trip with Royal Caribbean. I can tell you that Alaska is just as spectacular the second time around as it is the first. […]

Great Lakes Road Trip

June 6, 2012
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My Aunt Juanita celebrated her 80th birthday in Eau Claire, Wisconsin over Memorial Day weekend. Georgia and I decided to extend our trip by coming home to Chicago the long way – through the Upper Peninsula then down through lower Michigan and Indiana. We left on Friday, May 25th, and spent the first night in […]

Wisconsin Dells Condo

February 29, 2012
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/ By tom

Georgia and I drove up to Wisconsin Dells after the snow ended on Friday. Instead of our usual hotel room, this time we booked a one bedroom condo at The Caribbean Club Resort for three days. The condo was right on frozen over Lake Delton so would also be a great place to stay in […]

ArtPrize

October 6, 2011
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/ By tom

Georgia was hospitalized four time in August and September for gastric pain. It appears the gastric bypass hasn’t fully solved her problem. Right now she has a tube in the bypassed portion of her stomach that comes out through her abdomen. It is there so a gastroenterologist can do an ERCP and look for possible […]

Henry Vilas Zoo

August 22, 2011
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/ By tom

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

August 8, 2011
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/ By tom

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 […]

EAA AirVenture 2011 – Part 2

July 29, 2011
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/ By tom

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

July 28, 2011
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/ By tom

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

July 18, 2011
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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 […]

Milwaukee County Zoo

June 27, 2011
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/ By tom

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 […]

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