Leaving Snow State

Friday, Nov. 12, 2010

Lots of commotion today - first we watched as mama cleaned out the frig and freezers, packed all our food, and actually cleaned out her car. She found so much food in her glove compartment we could have lived on it for several weeks but most of it was pretty hard and moldy. She even vacuumed out her trunk and could close it without sitting on it. Then dada came home and said we better go today cause a big snow storm was on its way and we would have to drive right thru it on Sat. if we waited so then there was really lots of commotion, closing up the house, dragging plants thru the house to go to Florida, and packing the car. We finally left at 4:30, right before dark.

We drove for five hours in the rain and dark with our new trailer packed for Florida. It was slow going and we weren't sure where we would end up but we finally pulled over in Mauston, WI at the Super 8. After checking if we could stay with our people at the hotel, we got the ok and got into our room right after 9:30. Dada checked for bedbugs immediately and finding none, we all got into bed and woke up to rain and cold. Super 8 used to be a cheap place to stay, NOT.

Mauston, WI is near the Wisconsin Dells and has a population of 3,500. There is a really nice bike trail here that people come to use called the Elroy Sparta Bike Trail, about 30 miles long with tunnels, too bad we didn't bring bikes this time. Another NOT.

We left Mauston about 8 am for Mary and Pat's in Oswego, IL. Dada saw a sign for Cruisin Chubby's Gentlemen's Club and wanted to stop. We couldn't figure it out, he's not that chubby and what fun is a place where all the guys are fat??? Happy trails, DeDe.