As you know, Dave and I are living together as newlyweds but still maintaining our separate lives which includes each of us owning a home at opposite ends of the country.
Usually when we make our trip from Florida to Minnesota or visa versa it takes us 6 nights. We like to poke along visiting friends and family.
But this time, since we've just been on the long European trip and since Dave really needed to get back, we hightailed it to Minnesota in three nights.
A personal best for us.
Night before last our goal was Madison, Wisconsin. I've never been there so Dave suggested we stop and see the U. of W. campus where his daughter went to school.
So... after traveling all day ...we turned off the highway and headed into town. I was driving. I was exhausted. Dave was having trouble finding the school. Then I realized he hadn't been there in 30 years.
Oh, oh, will this cause trouble in paradise?
No. Of course not. He found it. Then he found the Edgewater Inn - a great old hotel bordering the campus and looking out on Lake Mendota. We ate in the bar staring out at the sunset over the lake and when we got tired of that we looked at dozens of photos of celebs who've stayed at the Edgewater.
Our room was huge - and overlooked the lake.
Yesterday morning we took our two mile walk around the University of Wisconsin campus and then to the capital square and beyond. My favorite kind of walk. Urbane and exciting.
We took a photo with my cell phone of Dave's daughter's sorority house. Thought we'd send it to her, but of course, neither of us had a clue as to how to do that.
All in all, we had a fantastic 15 hours in Madison, WI. The rest of the fast ride from the bottom to the top of the country wasn't bad either.
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