Mon 6 Nov

We had a fun, spontaneous weekend totally unexpectedly. We had decided to go to Green Bay for the day, have a wine tasting and lunch at Captain's Walk, and pick up the wine at discount with Roseanne DeBot's donation money. We planned to go to Costco and then see what the weather portended regarding a walk or other activity. In talking to PJ at Captain's Walk and looking over the brochure for the wine club, we decided it would be a good thing to try the club. PJ said the next pickup party was scheduled for the very next day from 4-7 pm, with a chicken/broccoli/rice dish and tiramisu paired with sauvignon blanc and Captain's Mistress port which were the two varieties you would buy at 25% off. We called St Brendans and they had one room available due to a cancellation that had just come in, and we would be doing the cancelling party a favor as they wouldn't be charged if we rented the room. We signed up for a Pure Romance package with wine and chocolate on the spot (in spite of the fact that we had no overnight luggage with us!) We stopped at a Family Dollar and bought toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, contact lens cleaning supplies and disposable shavers, then did our Costco shopping and returned to the inn. As it was almost 4:30, we discovered that a very nearby church, St Willebrord's, had Mass at 4:30 so we walked over and attended a nice Mass. We then checked in to St Brendan's, went down to have sandwiches for a light dinner, and relaxed in the room, reading Kindle books on our phones. On Sunday, we went down to breakfast, then headed to Potawotomi State Park to hike. We ran into Rick and Rosan Zahn on the trail! We had picked up cheese curds on the way so we lunched on the trail, then returned to Green Bay just in time for the pickup party. We were able to eat enough chicken/broccoli/cheese dish to fill us comfortably, with a delicious little tiramisu and a glass each of the sauvignon blanc and the port, then homeward bound! It was quite an adventure, and strange to stay in a hotel with no pajamas, no toiletries other than the few we purchased and what was provided. I had no face wash or moisturizers in the morning, no clean underwear(!), no hairbrush, but we survived. Food: 7:50 am Pumpkin chocolate danish, 105 g blackberries, coffee 12:05 pm Fit & Active chicken noodle soup, pumpkin bread, orange Exercise: 9:00-9:25 am Treadmill 9:30-10:30 am Body Pump class