Saturday morning dawned cool and partly sunny so we got out the bikes and headed to the Oak Leaf trail for a two hour bike ride. Besides the gale force winds that managed to always be in our face, we had a nice ride although it left both of us a bit sore. We then enjoyed watching the Badgers win against Michigan State - always a good start to the weekend when the team you are rooting for wins. Later that evening we joined several couples for dinner and a show at the Milwaukee Repertory theater - the musical "The Man from La Mancha". Neither of us had seen it before, even though it first came around sometime in the 60's. It was a great performance and interesting set design given the size of the theater. The only downside was that it was performed without an intermission and two hours sitting in a theater seat isn't great on the joints.
Sunday we laced up our hiking shoes and walked for two hours around town. Our path, fortuitously took us past Peter Sciortino's Bakery which, at least according to Jo, we have been meaning to visit. A cinnamon twist and apple fritter accompanied us for a short portion of the hike afterwards. We spent the rest of the day working on some chores before enjoying homemade carrot soup, made with ingredients from the garden, hot from the oven french bread, and homemade vanilla ice cream. On the garden front, we harvested all of the acorn squash to stop the birds from continuing to peck holes in them. If you read the squash attack blog you know we had a bumper crop this year (total harvest was 10 acorn squash -so for the next few weeks dinner is going to be acorn squash themed). Everything else in the garden is done except for the carrots, parsnips, and brussel sprouts. Although, as usual, the brussel sprouts look a bit undersized - it might be the last year for attempting them.
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