Memorial Day Fun

Since John is unemployed or as we like to call it, early retirement, (you know, it just sounds better that way) we decided to spend our Memorial Day weekend at Courtney and Paul's house or as we like to affectionately refer to it, "The Van Auken Bed and Breakfast." The Van Aukens were going to be spending the weekend at a cabin on the Mississippi River the B and B was vacant, so we jumped at the chance to stay there.

Courtney and Paul have been working hard on their yard. They have been cutting sod and putting in flower gardens. My favorite flowers are daisies and they have a yard full of them thanks to my Aunt Pearl and Uncle Herb. (Their daisies will live on forever!) Courtney had bouquets of daisies in each of the rooms. What a nice touch!
We took our bikes along with us and rode the Rawley Point trail in Two Rivers. This is easily my favorite bike trail. It meanders through the beautiful Point Beach State Forest and ends up right on the beach. The weather was perfect for this trail, cool enough in the shade of the forest, but hot enough to enjoy the beach. We rode this trail last Memorial Day, too, and I told John that we are going to make it an annual trip. Every Memorial Day we are riding this trail to jump start our summer of biking.

This cabin is located along the trail. We always like to stop here and take a photo and say we are staying at this cabin, but in reality I would not want to stay here. Too far from any bathrooms and the mosquitos were all over us while we stopped for the photo.

And here is the beach. There were so many people enjoying the beautiful weather and many were way out swimming. I was pleasantly surprised at how warm the water actually was. I think that it looks a bit like St. George Island on this picture. The sky was so blue, the water was the same color as the gulf, and the sand was hot and white. The only thing missing were the shells and the salt.

After our walk on the beach we rode to the lighthouse and took a few pictures there. After that we headed back to the park in Two Rivers where we had parked our car. After a diet coke we were ready to head to Manitowac on the Mariner Trail.

Of course, we had to stop at the home of the first ice cream sundae in Two Rivers. We did not, however go in and actually have any ice cream.

After the Mariner Trail we headed to our B and B for the night. All told we biked about 25 miles and were ready for our Rocky Roccoco Pizza and a few beers.

After a great night's sleep and some organizing activities by me, we biked over to the Park and Zoo across from the B and B. We saw this tortoise just wandering around by the pond. I suppose he is part of the zoo, but who knows. We then took a ride to the North side of Oshkosh and discovered this huge cemetery. It just went on and on. If you know me and follow this blog, you know I enjoy cemeteries and I was so happy with discovering this one. I am going to do a special post on this another day, but for now just look at all these veterans. Because tomorrow is Memorial Day, I wanted to say, "Thank you" to all the brave men and women who fought and are fighting for my freedom.

After exploring this cemetery, we found a DQ and were able to enjoy an Arctic Rush. John said he wanted to feel that brain freeze one gets with those icy drinks and boy, did both of us ever feel that! We were laughing as it hit our chests, eyes, and brains! The only problem was that the air conditioning was not working in the DQ so we had to sit outside and the tables left a bit to be desired as far as the view went, but the breeze was nice and the brain rush was the best.

Tomorrow we will leave for home after our fun time here at the B and B.