Flying February and Mad March, 2016

Ah, it feels great to be blogging again.  Since my last post in early February, things have been a little hectic.  Work, schoolwork, activities, and a bit of work and spring break travel pulled attention and time away.  So, here is a quick set of snapshots to commemorate the latest in travel and fun:

South Carolina: This work trip brought decent but not extraordinary meals, and much colder and windier weather than I had hoped for.  The marshes that I saw driving from Columbia to the low country were quite beautiful, though. Beaufort had lots of promise, but everything was closed up tight by the time I got there.  Next time....




Granite Peak, Wausau:  The annual family ski trip.  I have new ski duds, so had to go at least once to show them off.



Mt. Bohemia, Michigan:  A shout out to this rustic, way-up-yonder ski mountain that is in the Upper Peninsula, or the "you pee" if you will.  Jeff made the 12+ hour round trip, not once, but twice this season, taking the boy with on the second round.  My take: Caprese Salad in the dead of winter?  Cool!  Yurts?  Nope.  Next year I'll try out the cabins, though.  Jeff took really great pictures, so I will feature this on my next post.  Expert skiers only, so it's snowshoes for me when I join them on this trip.






 Chicago:  Ducked into Nordstrom Rack for a quick look around before a meeting.  Didn't captivate me.  However, the view from the 39th floor of a lovely retirement tower on Chicago's Gold Cost did.  Lovely!  Couldn't make SpotHero parking work out for me this time around, but will give it another try.  Dinged up a bumper of the work fleet car in the teeny-tiny garage space.  Grrr...  End of the afternoon found me in the neighborhood of  Fort Sheridan, IL. I knew something was different right as I drove in - it is a really neat area with lots of history, and gorgeous converted barracks and officer housing.

Miramar Beach, Florida

We left Wisconsin like this:




And ended up in Florida like this:




Highlights from this year's Florida trip for me:
  1. Watching a fisherman on the shore bring in a giant catch - and I was happy that it wasn't, like the little girl who was screaming in delight/terror, a stingray, because I LOVE stingrays.  Even cooler, the guy threw the fish back in.
  2. Spring breaker college guy wearing gold lame swim trunks.  Hilarious.
  3. Coconut donut from the Donut Hole.  Mmmmm yum.
  4. Enjoying the Badgers make it to the Sweet 16 and watching with my family and other Wisconsin folks in the local sports bar.
  5. Clay tennis courts.  Always.

Happy belated Spring!


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