June 12, 2016

June 12, 2016

From Colorado we meandered our way cross country through Texas and Illinois to visit both of our mothers.  We ended in Milwaukee, WI to attend the wedding of our niece.  Millennials no longer say “I do” at a church.  Rather the preferred venue is now a beautiful beach, garden, or in this case a museum.  Our relatives and friends gathered in the penthouse of downtown Milwaukee’s Discovery World with a bird’s eye view of Lake Michigan and its tall buildings and graceful sailboats.

After the ceremony, we had hors d'oeuvres in the science museum below where Aimee and I had an opportunity to explore.  This wing is devoted to the Great Lakes and contains not only an aquarium but a ballroom-size scale model of the five Great Lakes.  It is huge, complete with flowing water, waterfalls, and amazingly, thunderstorms and rain!

The reception was held in the same penthouse where later in the evening we got serranaded with a front row seat to a fireworks display.  I guess my brother-in-law has more pull with the city than I thought.