Get Kraken with Jerry: Dante the Inferno

 

Today Travalon and I went back out to Sauk. We didn't see any eagles on the island near downtown, so we went to the VFW Park. We didn't see any there either, but it was a pleasant day, kind of sunny and kind of warm, so we found a trail we had not taken before to the dam. And there we saw lots of eagles! And common mergansers. Along the trail we saw this young eagle and this hawk.

There were some eagles flying around at the dam.

And a lot more sitting in the trees across the river.

These are female common mergansers.

These are male common mergansers.

We even saw a mature and a juvenile eagle sitting on the ice, with a bunch of mallards swimming in front of them.

After we walked back, we drove to Wollersheim Winery and had lunch at their bistro. Travalon had the grilled cheese and I had the margarita flatbread, and we both had the corn chowder and the brandy old-fashioned chocolate chip cookie. Oh man, was that good! It was a big, soft cookie with chocolate chips, dried cherries soaked in brandy, and orange zest. Everything was delicious.

We were going through Waunakee on our way home, so we stopped into the old church so Travalon could light a candle for his mother, who would have been 99 today. It was her first heavenly birthday. The old church was open, but you had to go to the office to request a candle. We went into the new church and saw the priest, and he was able to give us a candle, so we could light one for Travalon's mom.

Here are some Christmas lights, one on Langdon Street and one in a nearby neighborhood.

And if it's a day ending in Y, it's the right time for some DuoLingo bragging!

And now what I know at least one of you has been waiting for: another episode of Get Kraken with Jerry! In this one, he interviews Dante the Inferno about the new Wolverhampton manager until things get out of hand. This script was written by both Travalon and me, just to stuff in as many fire-related puns as possible:

Enjoy! We will try to write another script for Jerry soon, since it was so much fun to write this one together. I emailed Travalon what I had, and then he emailed me back with more, and we did this a couple of times until we had a full script. Marriage partners AND writing partners!

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