Back to Wisconsin...

Ok... so you KNEW I was going to have to put a cute baby picture in her somewhere!

St Julien (and a Happy Birthday to YOU, m'dear).. you might recognize this bear, as you sent it to me years ago. I have a collection of stuffed things (work those imaginations... go ahead). Rilynn was visiting, held sideways by her Mom, and when she saw Cocoa Bear, her little feet started kicking back and forth and her face lit up and ... well... he's her bear now. In a much better place in much cuter hands..

I drove from Michigan through a small part of Indiana (phew!), Illinois, and I'm again in Wisconsin. Four states in a day again, but not so much traveling.

Remember how I mentioned that Iowa had no billboards? Well, southern Michigan made up for it.. DOUBLE billboards.. huge.. one on top of another... yuck!

and Toll roads..

In order to avoid any time in Chicago (and you have to say that with the flat midwestern accent it deserves), I drove around the city on a toll road. Interestingly enough, the speed limit was 55 mph the entire way. Anyone actually DOING that speed would have been shot on sight. At 65 I was still being passed by 80 percent of the traffic.. and no one seems to care.. (least of all me, I'll have to admit).


The view from the campground. I don't know if I would love having my cute little pinkish house right next to the KOA, especially in the summer time..

Oh well..

On to Minnesota.. (again, must be said in that sing song manner which so suits the state).