Milwaukee

Milwaukee bound….  Let’s see…. It must be July 5^th if we’re in Milwaukee.  First things first, we went to the MilwaukeePublic Museum.  We had reciprocal benefits and it is where I went as a kid.  Ah, nostalgia.   There is a life size Native American exhibit where they are hunting bison.   When I was a kid you’d hit a button and the noise to go along with it would come on.  I literally remember being in my stroller and being terrified of that.  I was scared and thrilled at the same time.  They don’t do the noise anymore…it’s too bad.  It really added something. 

There is Old Milwaukee Town where they show rooms from all the different cultures that moved to the area.  We found all of them including the Dutch and Scottish rooms.   There are dinosaurs, bugs from everywhere, animals, artifacts and then exhibits from many different cultures from all over the world.   We topped it off with an IMAX movie.  We got to sit down.  Nice.

After the MPM we went to our lodgings.  We were blessed to have a house to stay in.  Sophia’s buddy Katia’s grandparents’ (Do you follow that trail?) house.  They summer in northern Wisconsin and said we could stay at their city house.  It was perfect.  We settled in and then had a quiet night.  We’d been driving for days and needed some down time.  Bob and I let the kids go to town on devices and he and I watched Netflix to our hearts content.  We had snacks, wine, no kids in earshot.  Ahhh….

We all slept in but our gluttony made everyone tired the next day.  We survived. 

The big outing the next day was the Milwaukee ArtMuseum.  It is amazing!  The art is always top notch and the building is world class.  Really, mind boggling.  It looks like a ship on land, a BIG SHIP!  It has sails that go up and down.  You need to check it out.  And if you are ever in Milwaukee you must go and see if for yourself.  Again, this museum brings back memories for me.  I always loved it as a kid and it’s fun to see lots of the same pieces still there.  We were lucky enough to see a great Kandinsky exhibit while we were there too.  Bingo!   The kids’ areas are excellent and vary from hands on to learning about optical illusions. 

 After that we went to the Geodesic Domes though now they call them the Mitchell Park Domes….that’s just weird.  We got there with very little time to spare but we squeezed them in.    The bugs outside almost killed my kids……

After that is was dinner at Kopp’s.  The burgers are as big as your head…really.  So well fed, tired, run hard….we all crashed.

We woke up at about 9 on the 7^th so pack up for Chicago.  While a nice two night stay was a luxury, it was time to move on.  We cleaned up, loaded up and off we went.  My next post….Chicago.