We started off by driving 700 miles from the Black Hills to Minneapolis. That's a lot of corn & soy to look at. We skipped the Corn Palace this time around (saw it on the way west in '04) to save time. I think we also missed out on the giant ball of twine and some other odd big things. We did see a big Paul Bunyan somewhere, but that was accidental. In Minneapolis we visited Lori & Matt. It was a great time! We ran through the park, hung out with Lucy the dog, watched a movie, made dinner & played cards.
Next we drove to Wisconsin. We tried to stop in Black River Falls at the park, but it rained on us (surprise!). So we made a quick lunch in the car and just kept going. Got to Aaron's parents' place mid-afternoon and hung out. Friday is fish fry day in WI, so we got ourselves some fish and potato pancakes. Yum! Had a low-key Saturday; went to the market, made dinner, played the chicken-shooting game on the Wii. Today we went to downtown Milwaukee for part 2 of the US Cheddar Tour. Got a sampler plate with 0, 2, 5, and 12-year cheddar. Gotta love the really old cheddar. We also had some samples from the cold case; we liked the bandage-wrapped 2-year cheddar. Got a beer sampler while we were at it.
Plans for this week include a visit to New Glarus, a possible day trip to Chicago, a family shindig, and some time scrubbing the bugs of the car.
Awesome New Glarus is fun the brewery is cool!
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So this is the mid-west cheddar cheese that you had been telling us about all time! Hope you guys are enjoying your time :)
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