Madison, nothing but fun

Before we get into Madison, one more word from Asheville. There are two rivers running through Asheville. The longest is the French Broad. I asked a local how the City fathers came to that name? His response, "Well, there were many French settlers here in the early days and they named the river after Marie Antoinette. The locals couldn't quite wrap their minds around that and started to refer to the river as the one named after that French Broad. That stuck." Do you think he was pulling my leg?

Then I have another question. How come the worst highways in our country are toll roads? Where does that money go? They sure as heck don't go to road maintenance or improvements. Yuck, the fillings are coming out of my teeth!

We had a ball in Madison, primarily hanging out with Jennifer, Matt, Matthew and Ella. Jon taught Matthew how to drive a manual shift car. The whip lashes weren't too bad. (just kidding Matthew) We visited the University of Wisconsin and took the following photo at the student union so that George could see the new look.

 

Here is a neat photo of Jennifer and Penny. As they say, the grape seed doesn't fall far from the vine or something like that.

 

 

One of our favorite spots near Madison is the House on the Rock and we made our annual trek with Matthew and Ella, The next photo was taken in the amazing Infinity Room, Then there's a photo of Ella followed by Penny and the kids. A fun time.

 

 

 

 

And now we are in our comfortable Lake Placid summer home with comfortable days and cool nights. Ah yes.