Milwaukee

WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Leg one of our Michigan trip is finally HERE and almost OVER!!! Crazy, isn't it? Wow! It's been soooo fun!

We arrived in the Chicago ORD airport on Sunday in the afternoon. We drove 2 hours to Milwaukee, checked in to our hotel, got settled, then went to my cousin's house for dinner. We had dinner there, I played guitar for her, we drove around Milwaukee a little bit, then went to the lake shore for fireworks! An hour long show! We had really good seats right on the water edge on the other side of the lake from the fireworks. But they were still close enough you could see the high ones really well but not so much the lower ones. It was pretty! We then dropped Katie (my cousin) off at her apartment and went back to our hotel. Slept in late, got up around 10 this morning, went to breakfast in the hotel, showered, got ready, and drove into downtown Milwaukee. Wandered a bit, saw the sites, then went to pick up Katie to go to this really cool old mansion of these old dead people. It was cool. Then we went down to the water and rode the paddle boats! They're more work than they look like.. ha, ha. We then went and got a super amazing hot chocolate at this place called Caribou. Yes, hot chocolate in the middle of summer. We explored this little town about 45 minutes out of Milwaukee, then went to dinner at this little restaurant/pub that was super good. Dropped Katie off at her apartment, then went and chilled at the hotel for a while. Got a call from Holly finalizing our MI plans!!! Eeeeepp!!! SO excited. Watched about 20 different firework shows from our hotel window! I love the Fourth of July. Now we're watching the Capitol Fourth on TV and getting ready for bed while I'm blogging :) We drive back down to Chicago tomorrow, spend a night there and then fly out to Detroit on Wednesday!!!

So excited.
So.
So.
So.
So excited.

Love you guys!

Hope you had a very safe and fun Fourth!
Hope you blew things up responsibly ;)

Erika