Sun 8 May

Yay, it's Mother's Day! And I was fortunate enough to brave the basement to get a new bag of coffee without seeing any huge centipedes. God was good to me for Mother's Day. I brought up Highlander Grog since we're getting closer and closer to our Scotland adventure. Yesterday was a very nice day with the Cultural Festival (somewhat smaller than some previous years) and a walk to the Brewery for another tasting of that good Casper stout. It didn't taste quite as magically delicious this time, but we discovered the charismatic bartender was a former friend of Michael's in his middle school/early high school days named Tanner. He recognized us and remembered where we lived. We walked to church last night so we could have a morning of leisure today. We finished the evening by grilling some turkey sausages and watching an informational video from Rick Steve's website on using technology when traveling abroad. Found out we can text Taylor on her new iPhone using Wi-fi so we will have a way to keep in touch. Today we have reservations at Bernard's for Mother's Day brunch and Michael and Taylor will accompany us. I hope Taylor is feeling up to eating. Food: 7:40 am Chocolate chip brioche, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 102 g blackberries, coffee Exercise: 3:55-6:00 pm Hike at Eau Claire Dells