MFO’s Mom (MFOM?) was going to return to the duplex next to MFO’s Sister (MFOS). Imagine being 95 and going to live solo again. She had some health issues earlier in the year, and she has made a remarkable recovery and wants to live alone. So besides celebrating Christmas with them, we were going to help with the transfer.
So we load up the Momster with gifts and stuff and a couple of huge speakers on loan from FOJTE, and headed north. Usual route through Illinois, with all the usual sights
Along with reminders that we were going north which usually means you see lots of
Eventually after going through Rockford we got the welcome
And invitation for dining—
As an aside here, we did have lunch with MFOM and S, and M likes the soup at Culvers, so we went there. Staff was friendly, place was clean, and food was better than Mickey Dee’s – although I had a salad rather than a butter burger.
Anyway, La Crosse was pretty buried in snow that had accumulated for the season
With things we don’t see here much-
La Crosse is a nice town, they're so friendly and helpful, but they DO like their taverns and a certain football team
We did have a chance to dine by ourselves, and that will comprise the last edition. I’m tired and I want to go watch football—and speaking of football:
And I guess I have to confess I still have a depression hangover after the MSU Spartans who were ranked number nine for the Capitol One bowl yesterday could probably have been beaten by a good JV high school team. Mercifully Mr. Sabin took pity on his old employer and played second stringers most of the second half.. what an embarrassment. And the other team from Michigan looked equally inept. Probably good bye Rich Rod
So we’ll look at some new and old restaurants we visited in La Crosse tomorrow and almost close out the holidays.. we noticed that when in the great white north, there is a different standard of
DFD
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