Glacial Drumlin Trail

There's this really fabulous bike path in Cottage Grove about 10 minutes from our house. In October, Sasha and I will be biking the entire 52 miles from Waukesha to Cottage Grove with Mandy and Ryan ( withinreachmovie.com ) as part of their biking the US for sustainability gig. It's a pretty fantastic ride--and very scenic--here's a few pics from a ride the other day.

Drive-by Daisies

Go Pack Go

*Disclaimer--if you are a die-hard, tried-n-true Packers fan, this post will turn you as green as moldy cheese*

Tom got a bonus birthday present two weekends ago when some friends of ours invited us to a Packers game--yes, we got tickets. Those of you who are Packers fans know how difficult this is--every seat in Lambeau Field belongs to a season ticket holder, which can in turn be willed to another person when the ticket holder dies (57,000 people are currently on the waiting list for season tickets, according to the Packers' website--that's about a 30 year waiting list!!!).

"So do you guys know where the tickets are?"

(like that would matter much anyhow)

"50 yard line, row 18"

WOW--even a football-no-nothing such as me

knew we had struck gold,

green and gold, that is.

A little pre-game fun at Kroll's

And you thought the cheesehead hat was bad....

Reflections of a Capitol

Unbelievable clouds

Tom and I were driving back from MI today when we ran into this eery, crazy storm just inside WI. Tom was driving, and I kept saying, "Look at that--look at THAT!" And he was like, "I'm driving--and we're about to die, so I'd rather not." I went on and on before he said he was serious--no more talking about the cloud--did I think we could drive past it soon? I think. But I was wrong--we ended up completely beneath it. It was incredibly windy but we didn't get any rain until we hit the other end of it. Because Tom didn't want me to talk about the cloud or continue to stare at it with my mouth literally hanging open, I got out my camera and took all sorts of pictures. Here are a few--other than compressing for the web, these photos taken from the car are completely unedited.

more sunsets

Staycation

We had high hopes for our 10th wedding anniversary--St. Thomas. Yah, well, with the move and all, we decided to rent a cabin in northern Wisconsin. And then, since we actually still own our vacation home in NC, we thought it silly to rent someone else's house *grin* So, like many across the country, we staycationed. It was great! Especially since we're so new to Madison. We got a state park pass and checked out Devil's Lake near Baraboo, walked the trails at Governor Nelson's right across Lake Mendota, and spent a day at Kettle Moraine State Park (north) hiking and checking out the glacier museum (and then drove home noticing the "gifts of the glaciers," as Tom likes to call them: drumlins, kettle moraines, erratics... yes, we're still dorks). We also went to the World Circus Museum, the Wisconsin State historical museum (right in downtown Madison) including the Odd Wisconsin floor (who knew we had the world's largest jackknife, tallest couple, and several serial killers here in WI?), kayaked, and spent a few nights on the Union Terrace with friends and the sailing club along with the usual suspects for Madison--state street, downtown, farmer's market, and the pool. All in all, it was a great time. And of course pictures!

Just another Friday in Madison

Just another Friday at the Terrace--life is good!