Milwaukee

Our trip from the Falls (Niagara) to Milwaukee was basically uneventful other than the toll booths.They charge by the axle in most cases. I felt sorry for our plight until I saw the truck carrying 8 new cars on it's trailer. That had to be expensive! (Just joking). We are settled down at the State Fair Grounds outside of Milwaukee. It is a large parking lot with full hookups and very level parking spots. We have been here three days, and will leave tomorrow.
We drove back to northern Illinois to visit Steve's Cousin who he had not seen for 40 years. She lives in a cute cottage on one of many little lakes in Lake County. The address was a little challenging as there are many streets around many lakes with the same names. Our final, and by far best GPS was a phone call to her and street by street directions. Much nicer, and never telling us to "recalculate". The we had a great time, and talked for hours about family and old memories of the time we spent together at family gathering.

Yesterday we had a great time with Sue's cousin in Milwaukee. We started the day with a great cup of coffee from a shop next to the Lake that had been a big pump house at the turn of the century. We then visited the Dead Scroll Exhibit at the Milwaukee Museum. It is not the touring exhibit that is traveling throughout the US. but a private collection of a number of different people and institutions. It was extremely interesting covering the discovery, the initial buying and selling of the artifacts, and the continued history of the Bible throughout history. The exhibit started with the question "What is the Bible" and featured a Gideon Bible Display.

After the Exhibit we went to Copps to have lunch. No, they didn't have coffee and doughnuts. Custard is a favorite desert and this was one of the best places to get it. We then went to a huge Botanical Park and enjoyed the walk and sites.

We ended our day with a wonderful dinner and evening with our friends. It was a great day, and hard to say goodbye to our family and friends.

We are head south to Branson, and then west. We anxiously await the continuation of this wonderful adventure.