We headed to Port Washington this morning to visit his cousin Donna and her husband, Herman. Port Washington was about an hour and a half away from Beaver Dam and the ride over was very pretty. The leaves are starting to change color and we passed by beautiful farms and little towns along the way. Port Washington is located on the western bank of Lake Michigan, north of Milwaukee. We visited with Donna and Herman at their home for awhile, before they invited us out to lunch. Herman is a carver, among his other hobbies, and he showed us some of the ducks that he had carved. They were absolutely stunning. The detail was magnificent. I admire anyone who has the patience to turn a block of wood into such wonderful results.
Lunch was delicious and we happened to run into one of their son in laws who was having lunch there also. Herman twisted my arm, or I twisted his I'm not sure which, and even though I could not finish my huge chicken wrap he and I shared an outstanding turtle cheese cake desert. They took us on a riding tour of Port Washington after lunch and we got to see the harbor, the light houses, etc. We really enjoyed the visit and would have loved to have stayed longer, but it was getting later in the afternoon and we still had more visits to make before we headed back to Beaver Dam. After hugs all around, we said our goodbye's and headed on the next leg of our journey. I was so glad to have met them and now I am able to connect names with faces. They are a delightful couple. It is a shame that we live so far away.
We headed up the road to Fond Du Lac, where we had hoped to connect with three more relatives. Of course, we got a little lost in Fond Du Lac - so what's new - we seem to have a knack for that lately. We finally arrived at David Senecal's home, Robert's uncle, around 4pm. We visited with he and Betty, his girl friend, and found out that they will be heading to Mesa, Arizona around the 15th of October for the winter. They are in the process of getting packed and his house ready for the winter. We hope to connect with them again when they get to Arizona. Our next stop was to visit his sister and Robert's aunt, Mary Slater, who also lives in Fond Du Lac. To play it safe Dave and Betty had us follow them over to her home. Our reputation for getting lost is not good!! Mary is a feisty 83 year old widow who kept us in stitches with stories about her family. As you can see there are a lot of Robert's relatives in this area and he has not seen most of them for years. We visited with Mary for awhile and since it was now later in the day and starting to get dark we said our goodbye's and headed on to Pat and Dave Meyers. Pat is also Robert's cousin. It was now 7pm and she and her husband had expected us to be there earlier and had waited to have dinner with us. After apologizing profusely, we were treated to dinner at the Backroad Grill where we had an enjoyable visit while we had dinner. The food was great and the company was wonderful. We shared stories about our children and grand children and laughed about our experiences.
We headed back to their home and continued visiting until 9pm. Dave is suppose to be retired, but he is working practically full time as a carpenter with his brother. He has built the kitchen cabinets in their home, remodeled rooms, etc. He has also spent hours building wooden toys and gifts for their children, grand children, friends, etc. They are such a nice couple that we hated to leave, but we had an hour's drive back to Beaver Dam and it was getting close to Robert's bedtime, so off we headed after getting clear directions back to Beaver Dam. We were so glad that we had made the "loop" to visit everyone - all his relatives have been so wonderful, it will be difficult to leave now that I have finally met them.
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