I am writing this from my sister's house in Wisconsin. I came up here on Thursday to attend the high school graduation ceremony for my niece. I will be staying another week yet to attend her party. My husband stayed home with the dogs. He says he is sweltering in 90+ heat with high humidity. The weather here is beautiful: sunny, temps in the 70's and 80's with no humidity to speak of. What a contrast to when I was here in February! I'll add some photos to this post after I get back home.

    My sister's shoulder is finally doing well. (If you don't remember, she had surgery on it in February.) She still has some pain from time to time but up until a few weeks ago she was in constant pain so it is very much better.
   Some of my friends (one from Louisville and the others from Chicago) came up to Wisconsin for the weekend. They stayed at Fox Hills Resort which is just down the road from my sister's house. My sister owns a timeshare there but they stayed in the hotel ($49 a night for the Memorial Day weekend). Yesterday we took them on a tour of the town where we grew up (Two Rivers) and the adjoining town, Manitowoc. They got to see them at their best as the sky and Lake Michigan were bright blue and the trees and grass deep green. These were the sights we visited:

• Neshoto Park and Beach in Two Rivers
• Main street in Two Rivers where they were having a festival in Central Park
• Scenic Memorial Drive between Two Rivers and Manitowoc
• The Manitowoc Marina and Maritime Trail
• The car ferry, S.S. Badger, docking in Manitowoc
• The Wisconsin Maritime Museum and the submarine, USS Cobia
• Bernstein's Candy Store and ice cream shop
• West of the Lake Gardens

     We spent the evening swimming and talking at Fox Hills. Today we went up to Green Bay and drove by Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers National Football League team. I don't know if its because the Chicago folks are Bears fans or what but they chose to go shopping instead of visit the Packer's Hall of Fame. I have to admit the shopping was unique because we went to Fleet Farm. It has an eclectic mix of clothes, sporting goods, furniture and dairy farming supplies (get your udder wipes here). I think we all managed to make purchases. They returned to Chicago directly from Green Bay and we headed back to my sister's house. 
    We just plan to spend a quiet Memorial Day tomorrow. I will be visiting friends and relatives the rest of the week culminating in the graduation party on Saturday. Photos to come.