Summer Adventure #1

Its summer time so let the adventures begin!!! 

We have our first official summer road trip under our belt! 

How about you? Have you been able to hit the road and have and adventure?

Well if not, this should be a good motivator! ;) 

We took a nice trip over to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Not really on your radar? 

It wasnt on ours either but honestly its not on alot of peoples...so its not all "touristy" 

that gives you freedom to do what EVER you want! No lines, no hiked prices, no headache!!!! 

Dont get me wrong im not saying to put it on your bucket list 

but if you need a cheap road trip but the budget is tight this might be your thing!!

Our main purpose for the trip was to attend a yearly convention. (more information on that here: http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/conventions/ ) So we didnt have much time for extra fun stuff but we made our own adventure LIKE WE DO so we had extra fun when we could. 

We had dinner in downtown Milwaukee.

 They have a beautiful skyline and amazing architecture.

Granted this was Saterday night..but it felt more like a Tuesday.

It was very enjoyable and relaxing! We had dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery.

Added bonus: We ate on the patio-right on the water! 

We ate at Dunkin' Donuts...

...every morning!!!! 

We HAD to! 

I grew up on Dunkin! 

And besides that we have NONE here in Minnesota!! 

Its torture!!!

 In Milwaukee they have Chicago Style Hot Dog RESTAURANTS!!

 It was AMAZING!!

(yes i said that about HOT DOGS!!) 

They had hot dogs for all ages!

 For the little people.

For the hungry man!! 

 For those who like the classics! 

If you head out there you must visit them. Not only are they delicious the restaurant is also very clean and well kept and reasonable priced! Its family owned and they love what they do!

Check em OUT: http://www.martinoshotdogs.com/

 Its always a good laugh passing by county road PP! 

A Wisconsin road trip landmark!

Our last stop....we hit up a childhood classic...A&W! 

They are still a big thing all over Wisconsin!!

The floats were HUGE!!! 

They havent changed ONE bit! 

 They even had a classic Juke Box!!!!

 And this guy!!!

So if you in the mood to get your summer on...in case you havent yet because your just taking in the sunshine...it the road and have an adventure!

Share your summer road trips and plans in the comments!!!

Segway....

Notice our new look? 

Pretty snazzy heh?

Well i hope you all like it because it fits the new features of this blog! 

All of you have loved my random lists, my movie overviews, and my random pictures. But at the end of the day that doesnt seem like much....and it wasnt. I found myself not posting because i felt i was either ranting about something or repeating the same ideas or lists. 

With the new look comes a new idea.

I have decided that much of what i post is only from inside my head. Which is a lot sometimes. But on the flipside its only a small portion of what i want to share. I kept it that way because i didnt want to get too personal. I dont want to be another blog that post things about the regular weekend outing and has posts of the kids and bla bla bla. Thats not what this blog is. Nor is that what it is becoming. 

The new twist is this: 

my blog is going to be exactly what it was suppose to be in the beginning.  its an adventure. but not just my adventure, mr wonderful is there right along with me....so is our offspring and our canine companion. Yes ive left that out and i still plan to keep most of that to myself, because that is mine. But what i can share, and i think you will all enjoy, is the adventures we take, the places we travel to, the hole in the wall restaurants we visit, the small coffee shops that we visit (that are amazing), and the "i cant believe that just happened" moments. 

Well isnt that like all the other blogs? 

No. 

And i can say that because i am not the follow the crowd kind of person, im sure most of you have realized that from following my posts. I travel off the beaten path. I dont want the same pictures everyone else has. I dont want to travel some place that someone has "recommended". I want to travel in my own footsteps, make my own mistakes. I want to see things with my own eyes and that is what i do. THAT is the part that sets this blog apart from the others. I think you will find this blog transformed into what it was suppose to be in the first place.

I hope you enjoy the new features and are moved to travel your own path and seek your adventure. 

Yours Truly, 

Lil' Me