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08/26/2010: "More fun"
Tuesday went up by Grandma and Grandpa's. Little bit of fog on the way up, and a few sprinkles while we were there, but otherwise great weather (if a little mosqitoey). Got to check out the pontoon pier at the lake, and saw an eagle flying off as I walked up (flew away too quick to get a picture of :( ). No more bear floating around, by the way.
After we got back Buddy stopped by to watch the Brewers, and I got a chance to show off some of my pictures. :)
Today went to Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. Their presentation and upkeep blew the ones in Milwaukee out of the water. Even though a lot of stuff was past peak, you didn't walk around seeing a bunch of dead flowers, you walked around seeing how a lot of the foliage has different colors and textures, and all of the grasses... And a lot of the roses still looked nice. The Thai pavilion was really cool too, amazing that gold leaf manages to stick through all of our goofy weather.
One of the coolest things about this garden: all of the outdoor stuff is free, and the little bit of indoor tropical stuff is only a buck (except for during special events, like the butterfly hatching extravaganza a couple weeks ago) with donations greatly appreciated, of course. Its also not far off the highway, so you don't have to mess with any of the one-way street silliness. I highly recommend it, and would love to go back during other seasons to see what it looks like. That place may have to become a bit of a ritual whenever I come home.
After we got done wandering around there (3 hours later) we grabbed some lunch, then raided the Bethesda in Horicon while waiting for Kris to wake up so I could go check out his place. Pretty nice, you definitely wouldn't know that it was in rough shape just a couple months ago. Good work guys!
After the grand tour we played some Guitar Hero / Rock Band. I think I like drums a lot better than guitar. :) (The fact that they don't kill my wrists the way the guitar does kinda helps)