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Oma in
Wisconsin
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always enjoy having family visit us, and Oma is a special treat for us and her
grandchildren. Here are some pictures from her visit in February 2004:
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Oma arrives in Milwaukee!
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Oma close up
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Ida!
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Megan and Or' Oma
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Batter Up!
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Mother and Daughter
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Kathleen and Melissa
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Winter Day at Miller Park
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The Girls at Miller Park
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Inside Miller Park
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Kathleen and Mom at Miller Park
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Dan Oma Melissa and Kathleen
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Ready to eat - Again!
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Oma peruses the menu
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Oma and Kathleen in the Horse and Plow Bar
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Oma at the American Club after a long day
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Keep
paging down to see some more nice photos -- enjoy
It's always fun when family and friends visit us in
Wisconsin. This year we also had about 250,000 Harley-Davidson
riders in town when the family came up. Everyone got along "famously,"
as they say back East. The first day they arrived, we had lunch at Mader's
Restaurant in Milwaukee--one of Aunt Marie's favorite spots to dine.
DAY ONE:
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Bikers are in Town!
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Usingers Sausage Factory and Store
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German bikers at Mader's
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Mader's is Harley friendly
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Uncle Carl, Aunt Marie and Ken
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Aunt Marie
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Kathleen and her Mom at Mader's
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Ready to Roll
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Then we had to visit Joe, Laura and Megan.
DAY TWO:
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Oma and Megan
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Megan
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Serious Megan
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Megan
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Oma and Megan
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The family
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Aunt Marie, Uncle Carl, Joe, Megan and Laura
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Aunt Marie, Uncle Carl, Pop-Pop and Megan
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Pop Pop and Megan
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Megan and her Oma
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I like my Pork Chops thinner
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Now that is a Prime Rib!
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Down at the lake trying to see the main act
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And then we had our Labor Day Picnic. Great fun
with the visitors here.
DAY THREE:
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Want some, Pop Pop?
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Napkins? Why?
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Tastes like "More!"
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Slurp!
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Oooops!
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I like Ice Cream!
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Oma and Megan and Aunt Marie
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Megan and Aunt Marie
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Peg and Mel
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Yummy!
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Joe and Mom
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Peek-A-Boo
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Joe Mel and Mom
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Say, "Cheese!"
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Aunt Marie, Megan and Uncle Carl
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Megan and Melissa
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Eric and Nora
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Weird Megan
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Upside down!
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Finally, Oma can sit
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Of course we had to see the new Art Museum in
Milwaukee. Designed by a fellow named Calatrava, the building is a piece
of art all by itself.
DAY FOUR:
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The Visitors get some Culture
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The Visitors
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Beautiful Museum
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The Calatrava -Milw Art Museum
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Harley's as Art
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The elevator
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We took a ride up to the Kohler Design Center and then
went to lunch at the Whistling Straits golf club house. Whistling Straits
is a Kohler property and will be the site of the 2004 PGA tournament.
DAY FIVE:
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Kohler Design Center
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The Ultimate Shower Stall
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Sinks, faucets, etc.
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Megan's bathroom
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Steve M's Bath
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"I want one of these, Russ!"
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Chez Ken
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The Visitors at Whistling Straits
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Whistling Straits-Club House
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Club House Dining Room
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Eating Again?
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The Menu
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I'll have another please!
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Ummm, Ummmm, Good!
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Dessert w Carmelized Bananas
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If you look at a map of Wisconsin, you see a large
peninsula sticking out into Lake Michigan--that is Door county. On the
left (West) you find the waters of Green Bay and to the right (East) are the
waters of Lake Michigan. It is a beautiful area and we like to visit the
small towns up there. Our favorite Inn is the White Gull Inn in the town
of Fish Creek. Their Cherry Pie a la Mode is worth the 3 hour ride to get
there (Isn't that right Buck?). Lots of tourists head up Door County every
summer and fall - and hearty cross country skiers like the area in the winter.
If you travel to the very northern tip of the peninsula, you can board a ferry
and take a 30 minute ride to Washington Island. We did that.
DAY SIX:
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Oma loves her Cherry Pie
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Worth the Trip!
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Fish Creek, WI
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On the ferry to the Island
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Kathleen
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Heading over to the island
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A visit to Wisconsin is not complete without a stop in
Madison, our state capitol and home of the University of Wisconsin. We
headed up to see Jon as he begins his senior year. We had lunch at the
Great Dane Brew Pub.
DAY SEVEN:
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Prost!
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Good Brew!
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Oma, Kathleen, Jon, Aunt Marie, Uncle Carl and Ken
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The Visitors hit Mad-City
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Oma, Jon and Mom
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Mom and Jon in Madison
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Jon and Mom w State Capitol in back
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Dining out every day was fun. We ended up going down
into Milwaukee to try the Waterstreet Brewery fare. It was good!
DAY EIGHT:
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Eating again
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Only two more days of this!
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I love to eat!
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Oma
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Looking out of the windows
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Inside the Waterstreet Brewery
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Salmon almost gone
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Beer
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Checking out the Kettles
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The Group
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Aunt Marie and Uncle Carl
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The Visitors and Kathleen
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Milwaukee-looking south on Water St
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Brew City Barb-B-Que
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Leaving the Waterstreet Brewery
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Back to the car
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Heading Home
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Stay tuned for a few more days worth of pictures--come
back here next week to see them.
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