A Grand Tour of the Midwest

Well, I won't see Tacoma again until the next decade. Mary and I are skipping town and spending the holidays with her family in the Midwest. First stop: St. Louis, for 5 or 6 nights. Followed by a night in Madison, WI (after a long day in the car). Then a few nights on Madeline Island, a small island in Lake Superior and the site of my marriage proposal two years ago! From there we'll wind things up with a night or two in Minneapolis and catch a flight back home early in the new year. It's a long trip Read more…