Blogs from Wisconsin, United States, North America

The snow storm started last night and when we woke up it was a real blizzard. Overnight we received about 10" of snow and it was still coming down hard. The snow was piling up while we waited for it to subside a bit before going riding. Jan decided to stay at the lodge since she knew she wouldn't enjoy breaking trail in over a foot of new snow. As it turned out, we received about 16" of snow by the time it ended. Some other parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula got up to 20" from this storm. Pat, Dawn and I headed south toward Conover, WI. It was still snowing pretty hard when we got on the trail. There were a couple tracks from previous sleds, but not much. Pat was leading ... read more

I finally convinced Jan to go with me on a snowmobile trip for the first time this winter. She's been working a lot at her job as a substitute teacher, so the schedules weren't meshing to do it before this week. Of course my schedule is open to doing it any time. I've made quite a few trips this winter even though it's been an unusually low snow winter. We arrived Sunday around 3:00 PM at the Gateway Lodge in Land O' Lakes, WI right on the border of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After unpacking and unloading the snowmobiles, we went to dinner at the Red Man Supper Club. We've been coming up here for over 20 years. We used to bring the whole family up when the kids were younger and have many great ... read more

It's been a while since I wrote a travel blog. Well I am off on an other cruise. This time Karen is coming with and we will be on a much bigger boat than usual, and I wont be driving. We are headed to the Western Caribbean on the cruise ship, Norwegian Spirit. People may wonder if we have any concerns after the Costa Concordia sank off Italy last month. We have more confidence in the Norwegian Captains than Italian Captains so we aren't worried. This is the boat! This is the route. As many of you know Karen isn't so keen on flying, so we will be taking Amtrak to New Orleans. We will be leaving from Wisconsin Dells on Feb 24th and from New Orleans on the 26th. Will try nto add to this ... read more

Bruce and I are taking another cruise. This time we head for the Mediterranean from Ft. Lauderdale, making several stops before entering the Black Sea. After visiting Odessa,Ukraine, we return to the Med. stopping at several other ports before returning to Ft. Lauderdale. We sail on the Prinsindam on March 12 and return to Middleton on May 14. I will write a blog from time to time so if you are interested, you are welcome to sign in and read what we are seeing and doing. We are going to Florida a few days ahead of time to visit some friends and, more importantly, see our daughter and grandson who will join us before we sail.... read more

Just trying to blog again today .... read more

testing this blogging thing.just to see how this works.... read more