Met the Magee teachers at Bristol 45 Diner in Bristol, Wisconsin. It is on US Highway 45 and features some of the best breakfasts anywhere around. I'm especially fond of the Mediterranean omelet loaded with gyro meat and feta cheese. I end up with two breakfasts at home afterwards. Always good to get together with friends I have known since the 1970s.
Got gas on Wisconsin Highway 83, just north of Antioch, Illinois, for $3.08 ($3.07.9) after quite a bit of maneuvering because of long lines of Illinois folks. Gas in northern Illinois now goes for between $3.50 and $3,60, so this is quite a savings.
Went to Antioch Wine and Liquor store to look for Blue Nun wine. The owner told me they no longer carry it because of lack of demand, but at one time they could hardly keep it in stock it sold so fast. This is a special wine for Liz and me as her dad, Amby, a World War II vet, gave us a bottle of it on our wedding day back in August 1973, as we left the reception, in DeKalb, Illinois, and told us to have a drink on him when we got to Galena. Ever after that, this was or "drink" on our anniversaries.
When soldiers returned from WW II, they started drinking Blue Nun wine from Germany and it became very popular.
The store did have several other Riesling wines, so I bought one. Blue Nun is a Riesling wine, so those will have to take the place. Very close to the Blue Nun taste.
We had snow showers all day and kind of a blustery cold. No accumulation, though.
Met Kevin and Kelly at the Wilmot Riverside in Wilmot, Wisconsin, for a fish fry. Well, actually a shrimp fry as we all got shrimp dinners. I usually don't order shrimp because it is of the popcorn shrimp variety which means a really small shrimp covered with a WHOLE LOT of breading. Their fried shrimp is medium-sized and with a Calabash, N.C., style of breading, which means lightly breaded.
--RoadDog
THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY (From the Orange Peel Gazette): "I can see your point, but I still think you're strong."
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