What a wonderful weekend in Wisconsin! This is what I came back to Wisconsin for back in 1992....crisp, fall days--apple cider vendors, long walks, farmer's market and no need for a jacket.
Yesterday we began our day downtown at Metro Market...purchased some chicken breasts for supper as well as some eggplants. Also visited with our friend Bill Palmer who sells honey outside at the farmer's market. He's good by the way--easy to strike up a conversation with and his product is delicious! We bought blueberry and raspberry flavored honey dip and he gave us some pecan dip....all very nummy. After wandering around in the Third Ward for a while, we decided to stop at the new Palermo's pizza villa for lunch, only to find it is only open Monday - Friday. So we opted for a Greek restaurant on the south side. I enjoyed my spinach feta omelette but it could have used more feta. Corey's chicken sandwich was a bit on the greasy side as was Megan's grilled cheese sandwich. Because the day was so nice, we decided to drive up to Holy Hill.
The drive was perfect....sunny and clear--the leaves on the trees were brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow and green. Very scenic. We saw a sign for the new Cabella's store and decided to visit there as well. It was their grand opening and there were cops all over. I think the cops directing traffic was a bit overkill for the time we were there. They had a man demonstrating carving logs into bears etc. He used small chainsaws. They had a kettle corn vendor, boating vendors, a race car...quite the grand opening. Mr. & Mrs. Cabella and their son were there signing post card pictures and I had one signed for my dad.
Holy Hill was breathtaking. The winding, curvy drive was very scenic, but the location is just fantasic for open vistas and enjoying the brilliant day. Because Megan isn't the quietest person, we opted to skip visiting the chapel and decided to stay outdoors. We followed the stations of the cross, but we followed them backwards. We had missed a turn off on the main road that would have allowed us to follow them in order. So we started with 12 and worked our way down. It was a workout for us because Megan is 35 lbs. now in the stroller and most of it was up hill.
It sure has been nice to spend the weekend doing relaxing things with the family. Too bad Sarah had to be up north for her marching band competition. Hopefully we'll have warm weather next Saturday when she has off from volleyball and marching band so we can perhaps go for a hike at Lapham Peak and shop in Delafield.
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