September is here and that means the start of the fall college sports season. We took full advantage and trekked over to Madison to watch the first home football game. First up though was enjoying the women's volleyball match against Kent State - yes they apparently do easy warm up matches in volleyball as well as football. We joined Kathy and John for pizza on Monroe street before heading over to the Field House for the game. The arena was packed full - well as full as you can get it since it isn't structurally sound enough to use the upper tiers (it is definitely time for the Athletic department to part with some of those big bucks and improve the Field House) - and the crowd got to enjoy a great game as the Badgers won in three straight sets.
Saturday morning we got our breakfast at the Farmer's market around the square which was a pastry and some fresh apple cider (which has to be non-pasteurized to meet Jo's strict criteria for good apple cider). Kathy then joined us as we walked over to a tail gate party with some people Kathy knows before we hit the stadium for the 11:00 kick off. It was nice to be able to walk everywhere taking advantage of our new downtown digs. It was a perfect day for college football - blue skies, temps in the high 60's - especially since the home team won. We enjoy seeing Bucky doing his pushups after the multiple Badger scores, the 5th Quarter with the Band, along with the game (I personally find it fascinating that the wave is still popular in stadiums - you would think in the last 20 years someone would have come up with a new stadium activity for everyone).
We finished the day with dinner at Kathy's place and then watched some of the Michigan State/Oregon game. We were up early Sunday for the drive back to Milwaukee where we did a little harvesting in our garden, took in a couple of open houses during a nice walk, and got ready for another fun week of work/home maintenance.
September is here and that means the start of the fall college sports season. We took full advantage and trekked over to Madison to watch the first home football game. First up though was enjoying the women's volleyball match against Kent State - yes they apparently do easy warm up matches in volleyball as well as football. We joined Kathy and John for pizza on Monroe street before heading over to the Field House for the game. The arena was packed full - well as full as you can get it since it isn't structurally sound enough to use the upper tiers (it is definitely time for the Athletic department to part with some of those big bucks and improve the Field House) - and the crowd got to enjoy a great game as the Badgers won in three straight sets.
Saturday morning we got our breakfast at the Farmer's market around the square which was a pastry and some fresh apple cider (which has to be non-pasteurized to meet Jo's strict criteria for good apple cider). Kathy then joined us as we walked over to a tail gate party with some people Kathy knows before we hit the stadium for the 11:00 kick off. It was nice to be able to walk everywhere taking advantage of our new downtown digs. It was a perfect day for college football - blue skies, temps in the high 60's - especially since the home team won. We enjoy seeing Bucky doing his pushups after the multiple Badger scores, the 5th Quarter with the Band, along with the game (I personally find it fascinating that the wave is still popular in stadiums - you would think in the last 20 years someone would have come up with a new stadium activity for everyone).
We finished the day with dinner at Kathy's place and then watched some of the Michigan State/Oregon game. We were up early Sunday for the drive back to Milwaukee where we did a little harvesting in our garden, took in a couple of open houses during a nice walk, and got ready for another fun week of work/home maintenance.
What are you harvesting these days? Pumpkins for carving?
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