LAKE COUNTRY UPPER WISCONSIN We have made two relaxing stops in Wisconsin to visit family and friends. First we visited the lovely community of Middleton, a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin. There we spent the night with my cousin Greg, his wife Rhonda and their three wonderful kids, Cole, Shelby and Derrick. It was the complete upper midwest happy family sampler package. We enjoyed the sports doubleheader with hockey and T-ball practices and then it was burgers cooked on the grill back at their comfortable home in the hills outside Madison. They had a brand new puppy named "Bear" who stole our hearts. Then, we headed north into the lake region of upper Wisconsin and the small town of Minocqua. There we met up with Gary and Marilynn, two good friends we had met on the World
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