This weekend we spent with very good friends of ours in Wisconsin. They had invited us to stay and party with them at their property 2 hours north west of Milwaukee, home of Happy Day's the TV show starring the world famous Fonz and Richie Rich! We had such a blast over these past 4 days. Wisconsin is a really beautiful state and our friends are fortunate enough to own 15 acres in the midst of prime farmland. Their neighbours are the Amish folk - the nicest, most down to earth people one could ever meet. The Amish are a community who live by the basics, farm their own lands, don't use power, phone , motorcars or any modern conveniences. They travel from place to place using horse and buddy and always have a kind word and a ready smile.
While we visited our friends, we camped on their grounds and hung out with more friends, sat around blazing campfires at night, chatted till all hours and watched the sun go down over the fields and rise again in the morning. There were dozens of people invited to the party and just as many dogs came to play as well. We all laughed that it was like a dog convention there and they raced about non stop from sun up till sun down. Man! Are they gonnna sleep now that we've all gone!
There were tiny new born kittens in the barn for the kids to play with - so sweet!
We rode about on 4 wheelers and went skeet shooting, geocaching and sight seeing. We ate sausages cooked over camp fires and laughed with our friends!
What a fun time. Thanks Aussie Geo-friends for sharing our adventures with us!