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Weekend in Wisconsin

October 6, 2018
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I was able to fly the girls down to Wisconsin for Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. Susan, Angela, and Claudia came from Toronto and Gillian flew in from Ottawa. The plan was for them to meet up in Chicago and then fly up to Madison. Gillian texted me early in the morning to say the flight from Chicago to Madison had been delayed already, when I got on-line and checked I had a feeling that flight would be cancelled. So I called Susan and told her I was driving down to Chicago to pick them up. I picked them up and we made it back to Madison around the same time their flight was supposed to land.


Claudia’s selfie from the plane.


We walked around the Capitol and then down State Street. Some random couple offered to take a picture of us down by the Memorial Union. Afterwards we walked down frat row, it was a football game day and the frat houses were crazy.


One of the frat houses on Langdon Street.


Claudia ready to go for a ride in the ’65 Valiant.

Downtown Madison

July 21, 2018
RainwaterWisconsin2018

Saturday morning we headed into Madison for the Farmer’s Market on Capitol Square. Here is Gillian with one of the Bucky’s on Parade.


Looking towards the Capitol Building.


Every Saturday morning there is a farmer’s market setup all around the Capitol Building.


A honey seller.


We headed down State Street for lunch.


We did a quick walk inside the Capitol Building.


Monona Terrace.


We drove down to campus. Gillian with the Graduation Bucky on Bascom Hill.


Bascom Hall.


North Hall, it is the first structure on the UW campus.


Looking towards the Memorial Union.


Science Hall.


Memorial Terrace on the shore of Lake Mendota.


Next we headed to the Allen Centennial Garden.The Agricultural Dean’s House, the home of the first four deans of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.


William Stovall Building is where I work. It is home to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. The building was built in 1951, the lab has been around since 1903.


Agriculture Hall, it was built in 1903.

Touring the Madison Area

July 20, 2018
RainwaterWisconsin2018

We headed to the Henry Vilas Zoo in downtown Madison. The zoo has free admission all year long.


We also went to the Cave of the Mounds National Natural Landmark near Blue Mounds, WI. We had some time before the tour, so we walked around the grounds.


The cave system is pretty cool.


The caves have been open to the public since 1940.

Susan and Gillian’s Wisconsin Visit

July 18, 2018
RainwaterWisconsin2018

Susan and Gillian drove down to Wisconsin for a visit. It was an adventurous road trip with only a couple of missed turns. The first day we went into Madison and headed to the State Capitol Building.


You can walk out on the observation deck on the sixth floor.


Our selfie on the observation deck.


Looking down from the balcony in the rotunda.


Gillian with a Badger in the University Bookstore.