From the cool weather of June we have moved into summer with 18 days of 80 degree weather placing 2015 in second place for the longest streak of above 80 degrees days in a row ( the record was 22 days in 1921). Coupled with a complete lack of rain for the last 3 week has made for some beautiful weather although not all that great for the lawn and plants. We decided to take advantage of the the gorgeous days and headed out on Saturday for a hike. We selected the Lapham Peak portion of the Wisconsin Ice Age trail. Lapham peak (at a whopping 1,233 feet) is the highest point in Waukesha County and is named for Increase Lapham (Jo and I love that name and if we ever decide to start having children - the boy's name is going to be Increase!). From the tower at the top of Lapham Peak you have a wonderful vista looking all the way to downtown Milwaukee and to Holy Hill. We had a great 3.5 hour hike through the woods, hills, and meadows filled with black eyed susans and other miscellaneous wildflowers. Afterwards we treated ourselves to lunch at a diner/coffee shop in Jefferson before heading to Madison and well deserved short nap.
We spent the rest of the weekend in Madison doing some shopping, catching up with Kathy, and just enjoying our new home away from home. Saturday evening we ran into someone that we worked with at Rohm and Haas and we hadn't seen in over 20 years outside the gelato shop (notice the ongoing food theme). What a small world especially since she was just visiting Madison because of her son attending school there. Sunday morning we hiked over to Lake Wingra and parts of the arboretum before snacking on some pancakes at Mickie's Dairy Barn. Each pancake was the size of a dinner plate and unfortunately we both ordered two. A bit much, but at least we had hiked a little to help justify eating them. We did notice that many of our hikes seem to end in us eating somewhere.
Afterwards it was home to Milwaukee. The garden is starting to produce copious quantities of beans. We have already frozen eight packs for the winter and the green beans are just starting to arrive. We had our first cucumbers as well so we prepared a batch of bread and butter pickles. We have also enjoyed a fairly steady harvest of blueberries for the first time. Not a lot at any one picking but enough that we have had blueberries on our cereal for most of the last two weeks.
From the cool weather of June we have moved into summer with 18 days of 80 degree weather placing 2015 in second place for the longest streak of above 80 degrees days in a row ( the record was 22 days in 1921). Coupled with a complete lack of rain for the last 3 week has made for some beautiful weather although not all that great for the lawn and plants. We decided to take advantage of the the gorgeous days and headed out on Saturday for a hike. We selected the Lapham Peak portion of the Wisconsin Ice Age trail. Lapham peak (at a whopping 1,233 feet) is the highest point in Waukesha County and is named for Increase Lapham (Jo and I love that name and if we ever decide to start having children - the boy's name is going to be Increase!). From the tower at the top of Lapham Peak you have a wonderful vista looking all the way to downtown Milwaukee and to Holy Hill. We had a great 3.5 hour hike through the woods, hills, and meadows filled with black eyed susans and other miscellaneous wildflowers. Afterwards we treated ourselves to lunch at a diner/coffee shop in Jefferson before heading to Madison and well deserved short nap.
We spent the rest of the weekend in Madison doing some shopping, catching up with Kathy, and just enjoying our new home away from home. Saturday evening we ran into someone that we worked with at Rohm and Haas and we hadn't seen in over 20 years outside the gelato shop (notice the ongoing food theme). What a small world especially since she was just visiting Madison because of her son attending school there. Sunday morning we hiked over to Lake Wingra and parts of the arboretum before snacking on some pancakes at Mickie's Dairy Barn. Each pancake was the size of a dinner plate and unfortunately we both ordered two. A bit much, but at least we had hiked a little to help justify eating them. We did notice that many of our hikes seem to end in us eating somewhere.
Afterwards it was home to Milwaukee. The garden is starting to produce copious quantities of beans. We have already frozen eight packs for the winter and the green beans are just starting to arrive. We had our first cucumbers as well so we prepared a batch of bread and butter pickles. We have also enjoyed a fairly steady harvest of blueberries for the first time. Not a lot at any one picking but enough that we have had blueberries on our cereal for most of the last two weeks.
Always take a tupperware to Mickies! You should try the Buckwheat pancakes!
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