Scenes From Milwaukee

It's been three days since we got home from our road trip to Milwaukee. We lived there thirty years before moving to DC nine years ago. We always stay with our next door neighbors and friends. While there we never miss an opportunity to take a ride down Lake Drive along Lake Michigan. This time we started at our favorite restaurant "The Knick" and headed out. There was construction everywhere in the city, but on this route there was none and it looked oh so familiar. The white apartment building, beach and volleyball & coffee shops along the way - to the art museum masterpiece, Hoan Bridge, and the Denis  Sullivan out in the distance. It is quite scenic and lovely. We usually visit Milwaukee on the Fourth of July weekend, but changed our plans this year because of family illness. We visited with friends and colleagues - which is the best part. But I kept reminding myself that it was August and in the winter all of this turns to snow and ice. It's hard to believe but not forgotten - including the fingers in the snow blower accident. It is a wonderful place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there anymore. I just wish I could transplant all our wonderful friends to DC.