Our Vacation By Kay

I had a lot of fun on our trip to Madison, Wisconsin. My favorite activities were see the trolls on Trollway, going 70 ft. into the ground at Cave of the Mounds, and going downtown Madison.






In Mt. Horeb, they call Main St. Trollway because there are trolls hidden through out the town.










This is a tourist troll. We found all of the trolls besides the two in Little Norway.







This is the entrance way to the Cave of the Mounds. I bought gifts for my family and a necklace for myself.

This is Polly the Parrot. I am not making up this name. Her name is Polly the Parrot. This is a stalagmite and a stalactite that glows in the dark. The ceiling also glows in the dark.

Our Vacation by Dana

I wish I could say that the reason we haven't posted in awhile is because we were out of town but actually we were only gone 3 days! We promise another recipe real soon though. For now, we just want to share some of our vacation pictures.

Here is a nice picture Kay took of Chicago. We had plenty of time to take pictures because we sat in traffic for over 3 hours just to get through Chicago!

This is one reason I prefer Michigan to Wisconsin. There is no way to get to Wisconsin without going through the city.

We stayed in Madison, Wisconsin but spent most of our time in Mount Horeb and Blue Mounds which are about 25 minutes away. Bill rode in the Horribly Hilly Hundred bike ride.

In Mount Horeb there is a mustard museum which I think is very interesting but no one else seems to share my enthusiasm! They have over 4600 different kinds of mustard from all states and many countries. Here are some old tins.

Here is poor Kay who I made pose next to a giant bottle of mustard! She looks thrilled, doesn't she?

But here we are at our main reason for being there. The night before the ride, we were driving around (it is beautiful!) and Bill kept saying "These hills are going to be no problem", and in his defense, hills are what he is best at.

As you can see, though, the hills were a bit of a problem! It took him several more hours than he had expected and he was pretty wiped out by the end of it.

To keep this on a somewhat food related note, here is a picture of the meal I cooked after the bike ride in our awesome hotel room kitchen. It isn't too fancy but we loved being able to cook in our room!

Spaghetti, boiled carrots, bread, and salad.