Lake Rest on Rest Lake, Or Where's That Confounded Bench?

 

This morning we went to Dixie's Coffee for breakfast and lattes. This was our view.

We went down to the docks at our resort, and the rowboat sitting there was just too tempting, so we took it out. Travalon didn't like the oarlocks, so we just each took an oar and treated them like paddles.

We rowed back into this shady cove.

There had been a young couple who took out kayaks while we were just looking at Rest Lake, and when we got back to the dock with the rowboat, the woman was sitting on a bench watching us. She struck up a brief conversation with us, so we knew they were in town from Boston for a wedding. 

Our next stop was Win-Man, the mountain biking area where they usually have a food cart. They did not today, so we bought protein bars and Gatorade, then we went to a new brewery called Some Nerve - their logo is a nerve cell! Clever. I had a watermelon habanero sour, and Travalon tried a couple of cream ales. They were all good. Alas, the brewery also did not have food, so we headed to the Trout Lake State Nature Trail without eating a real lunch. Here are a couple of photos. (More to come when we get back home and have better internet access.)

I remembered that there was a bench overlooking Trout Lake, but where was it? That is why Travalon suggested calling this blog post "Where's that Confounded Bench?" We did eventually find it.

The closest town is Boulder Junction, so we went there to get a late, light lunch. There was a food cart, but the people working at it steadfastly ignored us, so we went to the nearby brewery which had a food menu, but they said we had to order it from the food cart. We found another stand "just about ready" to sell gyros, so we gave up on Boulder Junction and went back to Dixie's for some Lotus Drink and macaroni and cheese. Then we went for a hike around Statehouse Lake, where there was a wedding going on. On the trail, this adorable squirrel yelled at us.

And we had to cross this cute little bridge.

That was a lot of hiking, so when we got back to the cabin, I put my feet up while praying a Rosary and then joined Travalon in swimming at the beach at our resort. Then we showered and went to Smoky's, the classic supper club where we always sit in the bar area to enjoy the live music. The musician today was from Denver, and he said he remembered us from last year. We split walleye and the best steak ever, and we also split a Black Squirrel, which is their version of the ice cream drink Pink Squirrel but with raspberry in it. That's what we always order. Why mess with perfection? Tonight is cloudy so we didn't bother to go to the beach to look at stars. The only sour note (besides the food truck people who snubbed us) was that the Badgers lost to Notre Dame 41-13 at Lambeau Field, and they were only down three points at halftime. We're not expecting great things from them this year... again.

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Kicked Out of My Office (For Now)

 

This morning I went back to the aging study for the last third of the MRI, and this time I listened to Steely Dan, when they let me listen to music. Because the study person had gotten there late on Friday, we couldn't do the whole MRI then... but actually we could have, since the person after me had canceled. Since someone canceled this morning too, that's when we did it. I also had to do a balance test that we couldn't do on Friday because the study person forgot some equipment at home. Then I caught the shuttle back to my office, where my computer kept rebooting due to updates. Then a faculty member asked me a question, so I was trying to log into a site that requires dual factor authorization... and my phone was updating, so I couldn't get in. Not long after that, a guy who looked like a Celtic god, like an extra from Outlander or something, appeared at my door and demanded to know what I was doing there. At first I was confused, but then I remembered the building manager had a super Irish name, both first and last, so I asked if that's who he was. He did give me permission to stop in weekly to water my plants, but I had to go home to work. Which was fine until I got to the entrance of our road, which was blocked by construction machinery. Eventually they moved, and the rest of my workday was uneventful.

When Travalon came home, I mentioned that I'd seen some graffiti in the rail yard this morning when my shuttle passed by there, so we drove over there and took some photos.

Travalon worked in Sun Prairie today, and he sent me these photos, saying, "Here's my train sighting for the day."

But then he did see some graffiti in the rail yard in Windsor.

And I don't believe I ever posted this photo he took on Friday of a train in the rail yard here in town.

And here is the screenshot of the graffiti on the other side of the train Travalon saw in our neighborhood Friday evening. As always, I stole this from a video a guy posted on social media.

After that we went swimming in the outdoor pool at our health club. It was getting late by then, and most of our fellow swimmers were adults. The pool allegedly closes at sundown, but nobody came to kick us out, and when we left, there were still plenty of people in there. 

For a second day in a row, I have some big DuoLingo news:

Tune in tomorrow when I will (hopefully) post screenshots from Travalon's really long video.

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Travalon's Tuesday Adventures

 

Today I had my usual unremarkable Tuesday of working from home, going to Adoration, and leading Night Prayer online. Travalon went to Portage and took photos of trains.

Sorry if this photo looks a little wonky - I had to edit out a voluptuous naked woman who was very well done but doesn't belong on a family blog. However, I thought the tags were too cool to not post.

Travalon swam in Silver Lake, and then he went to Lake Wisconsin.

Then he went swimming at Sauk and took photos of pelicans by the dam.

Next week he has to work every day, so he has to enjoy these adventures now.

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