I haven't been writing much so I'm not sure where to begin. January came and went. We had some awful cold weather, down to minus 22 on January 23rd. The apartment got freaking cold, down to 63 degrees, which is way too cold for me. The radiators were barely warm. I called maintenance and he said turn the thermostat up as far as it would go, which is 90 degrees. Not much help, so we bought a little space heater. When I plugged it in I realized a massive amount of cold air was coming inside through the air conditioner (through the wall A/C), which was over my head where I plugged in the space heater. We then went to ACE Hardware and bought an outside cover and an inside cover. They made a huge difference! The good thing about the apartment being so cold is a week or two later all my orchids began to spike, all but one. In case you were wondering, we keep the apartment about 72. My hubby likes it warm.
We didn't let the cold slow down our weekend adventures. We like to stop at antique stores and drive home on country roads, often stopping in at some random little town we had not seen before.
January 5 - Redgranite. Stopped for coffee and then drove to the former quarry. Will visit in spring/summer for sure!
January 9 - drove down some of the roads through the White River wilderness area. My pictures are tagged "Berlin". One of the roads was icy. Hubby wanted to test the SUV. It drove perfectly.
Jan 10 - Fond du Lac. Stopped to eat at a supper club. Great food! Would like to go back sometime. Red Cabin at Green Acres, W2701 Fourth Street Road, Co Rd T, Fond du Lac.
Jan 11 - Neshkoro. Stopped by the river.
January 25 - Briggsville and Wisconsin Dells.
January 31 - Pardeeville, Baraboo, Packwaukee. We stopped at a big antique store in Pardeeville, then went to the antique mall in Baraboo. On the way home we stopped at Packwaukee, because we never went there before. There were houses all along the Buffalo River so we followed the signs to the public access, which is a series of piers along a roadway that crosses the lake.
