Andy and Darcy’s Blog

Here are the highlights from the last eleven days. There was flooding in our area in Minnesota, since we got 12 inches or so delivered by very harsh rainfalls in just a few days. So for some of this time, we’ve had crappy weather. The rest of it has been pretty nice.

Katie’s bachelorette party was in the Wisconsin Dells, and this was my first trip to the Dells. Amber, Lee, Pam, Katie, Kristi, and Kelly left Friday after work to get there. We met some of Katie’s friends and family there. We all stayed in a condo on a lake, which put us a nice distance from all the craziness of the city. This city may be the Las Vegas of the north. When we got there, games were ready to be played, and fun was ready to be had. I played Guesstures for the first time. We also played Scattergories, which I am never any good at.

The Wisconsin Dells is a city that grew out of a carnival, or that’s how it appears to me. There are amusement parks, waterparks, and all kind of crazy stuff to see on the side of the road. For example, one of the pictures below is an upside down White House taken while we were driving by. And there are lots and lots of candy stores. And it was raining, so we went inside!

When we got back on Saturday evening it was raining. And this is the rain that was involved in the flooding. It kept raining until sometime on Sunday evening. As some of you know, I live almost at the top of a big hill (but not quite at the top). There were mini-rivers running along the sides of my house, and at the bottom of the hill water was collecting. The Corn On The Cob festival was cancelled because Plainview flooded, and I am very sorry about that! I was really disappointed.

We bought a box of vanilla scone mix from Target, and they were incredible. We bought them completely on impulse (and we were probably spurred on by hungry stomachs). They are light and airy, and not too sweet. And they are vanilla flavored, so you know their good. I highly recommend them. We’ve already bought more.

We went to our first Thursdays on First in downtown Rochester. It was really fun, and dinner was super. I had the Billotti’s pizza by the slice! I’ve never had such a big piece of Billotti’s pizza, so that was great for me. There was a salsa band there , and we had some really awesome warm chocolate chip cookies. City Market was responsible for the warm chocolate chip cookies, and they were making them before our eyes. Good idea!

Andy and I went hiking at Oxbow park. We drove there this time so we would have some energy to hike! They definitely had some flood damage there, especially in the campgrounds. We hiked through the trees, and then through the meadow. You’ll have to check out Andy’s pictures. I know he got some good ones!

We’re continuing to use stuff from our garden. Andy made bread and butter pickles.

Tags: katie, wisconsin, Wisconsin Dells

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