Blowing Spring RV Park
Buena Vista, Arkansas
I'm very embarrassed that it has been so long since I posted anything but we finally have a few minutes to spare so will try to catch up on our travels.
Most of our time was spent in Minnesota visiting with friends and family. We learned two things this year. It is a lot harder to keep up with two grandchildren than one and there never seems to be enough time to visit as much as we would like with old friends. We really enjoyed our time there and at least have memories to last until next year.
After we left Minnesota we drove east to Wisconsin. Even though we lived in Minnesota over 25 years, we never made it to the House on the Rock. Now we can say we have been there and won't have to go back for another 25 years. 
A much more enjoyable stop was Taliesen at Spring Green, WI. Frank Lloyd Wright's residence was a very impressive 37,000 sq. feet. The other buildings added another 75,000 sq. feet to the estate. Even the chickens and horses lived in architectural splendor. I can't imagine the cost of heating a place as large as this in Wisconsin. No wonder everyone went to Arizona for the winters.
Anything related to food usually catches our attention so we made sure to include the Mustard Museum near Madison.
It was such a nice fall day it was a pleasure to be outside. Everyone else must have had the same idea because there were lots of people everywhere.
On the way back to our campsite from Madison we passed through the charming village of Mt. Horeb. Trolls are everywhere along Main St. (the "Trollway").
I assume the trolls live here.
On our way back we stopped at this roadside fruit market. I have never seen a vegatarian horse before. It must be a Wisconsin thing.
We didn't make it back to the RV without stopping for our cheese curd fix. I'm surprised this guy wasn't wearing a Packer hat.
From Spring Green our route took us to Milwaukee. Everywhere we looked we saw Packer signs. One would think that they were the only team in the NFL. It would have been nice to see some of the Viking purple among all that green and yellow.
We felt a little out of place trying to find parking for our truck among all the motorcycles at the Harley-Davidson museum.
The very first motorcycle was built in a shed in the back yard of the Davidson family. The company was started by four young men; three Davidson brothers and their friend Harley. I never did find out why Harley got top billing since the company was 3/4 Davidson.
Dave liked this model.
This one was more to my taste.
One thing Milwaukee has in abundance is beer. We settled on the Miller Brewery to tour since it was one of the more historic sites. I don't remember much from the tour - they gave out samples in regular size beer glasses. After number four I was afraid we wouldn't find our way back to the truck.
Their tour bus was a little out of date.
One of the many caves at the original Plank Road site.
After Wisconsin we started south toward Arizona. We are going to spend a few days here in Arkansas before heading to Texas.
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