michael78651

31 Mar 2019
07:05:57pm

re: Suggestions/Ideas??

You're in Wisconsin? Plenty of cheese to eat!

 
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musicman

APS #213005
02 Apr 2019
09:22:56am

re: Suggestions/Ideas??

Well, Michael and Dakota -

I figured those two were a given!


I did find that there are 3 vinyl shops here, so I will be scoping those out;

I also plan to visit the capitol building, which is the only capitol building on an isthmus and also the only one in the US with a dome made of granite;

there is also the Olbrich Botanical Gardens - however I am not much on botany;

I did not find any sports card shops in town, even though there are 3 listed - went to find them but all 3 have since moved on (I collect Detroit Tigers only).



So, today I guess I will start with the vinyl shop called B-Side Vinyl which is within walking distance. And along the way is a new and used book store, which I will also take in as I stroll the downtown streets.


After that - well, who knows?

Oh! I did find and purchase an issue of SPORT magazine from 1961 with Rocky Colavito on the cover and an article on him inside - cost me only 3 bucks at the antique mall....not bad!


More to follow as my daily adventure continues.....

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Opa

02 Apr 2019
02:16:14pm

re: Suggestions/Ideas??

Just had a look on Google Earth. Looks like a lot of great places to go fishing.

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BenFranklin1902

Tom in Exton, PA
07 Apr 2019
10:35:14am

re: Suggestions/Ideas??

If you pass post offices, take a photo! The Postmark Collectors Club maintains a huge database of post office photos and you may find some they don't have. I dutifully send in the ones they don't have from my NJ postal jaunts. And most interesting, they didn't have my current home town of Exton, PA. So I just sent that one in too!

http://www.postmarks.org/photos/

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musicman

APS #213005
07 Apr 2019
02:27:13pm

re: Suggestions/Ideas??

We have returned!

It was a fun trip for me, over all.

For my wife, it was work, bless her heart;

but I was afforded a week's worth of doing whatever I wanted to do with my time!


I ended up finding the one lone sportscard shop just west of town and was able to add a small handful of Detroit Tigers cards to my collection - being in a National League state, there wasn't too much to find there, so I'm glad I found what I did;

I did go to the P.O. to acquire a cancellation - here's a graphically cropped pic:



This P.O. was directly across the street from the capitol building, as is the official P.O. of the Capitol itself.

I am happy I brought my page of printed postal regulations with me regarding hand back service, as they were initially refusing to honor my request....one of many times!


We went to a different restaurant each evening - most were okay, but the one we wandered into on Thurday was incredible!
It's called Porta Bella Italian Restaurant. You can check out the website - just type 'Porta Bella Madison' - but the images there do NOT do it justice! The main floor dining area has been made to resemble a 1920's or 30's style restaurant and it just FEELS like it! When we walked in there, we felt just like we had walked directly into a time warp!
And the food was wonderful!







On the trip back, we first drove to Milwaukee so I could go see the Brewers Ballpark;
we went to the gift shop inside the park and took some pics in and around where we could, then I purchased an official ball for my baseball collection.

Then drove back home to Michigan!


All in all, a good road trip!

 
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