Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Brews on the trip

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Erin and I didn’t make beer tourism as much a part of our recent trip as we have done in the past; instead we elected to keep Madelyn happy by shaping our travels around children’s museums and the like. But I did get a chance to have some very good beer on our travels:
Huber Bock: [...]

Wisconsin and such

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Saturday afternoon Erin, Madelyn, and I got back from our annual yay school is out trip, most of which was spent in Wisconsin. We drove through northeast Iowa and spent a few nights in the Porcupine Mountains, just over the Michigan border. We concluded the trip with a night in Madison, where lovely beer awaits [...]

Odds and ends Monday

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The weather is finally not dreary. I drove to and from St Louis this weekend, and it rained nearly the entire time. But today it is sunny and slowly warming up.
Why St Louis? Attending a beer festival with Thomas and Jeff. Great brews, though it was cold and there weren’t nearly enough portajohns (two for [...]

Driving through Forgottonia

Monday, March 10th, 2008

A trip through rural Illinois, with quite a few photos.