Mad Town Wanderings

Monona Terrace

By the Capitol Building.

Hanging with MLK.

Olin Terrace.

Midnight Tasks

Palling around with the customers.

Pumping gas.

Keeping the flowers alive.

Shhhh! Smoke break!

Illinois

Every road trip must come to an end eventually.  These are the last shots from my Florida road trip - driving back home we passed through Illinois.

I may be able to tell you something about Illinois...like it's home of the:

SUPER-GNOME!! Is it a bird? Is it a plane?  No! It's Supergnome!

Next time we head through Illinois we'll have to stop at Lincoln's Library & Museum.  I can mimic his look pretty well...except for the lack of facial hair.

Aaaand snow.  Why'd we have to leave Florida again?

Back to the cold winter of the midwest.  Time to make snowmen...or something. :)

Entering Disney World

I can see it!

Magic Kingdom!

Epcot!

Hollywood Studios!

Midnight Snack Attack

Little Debbie Snacks...

Working at the convenience store overnight was hungry work - and there were so many snack choices!

Cheese curds...

Sandwiches!

Jack Links - no messin' with Sasquatch.

And best of all - ice cream and frozen treats!

Arboretum Trek Finale

Taking a break.

Watching the flock of wild turkeys.

Flowers at the end of my tour.

End of the Arboretum tour ... I may have to go back again soon. :)

Florida Room

 Now that I've explored outside I need to explore inside:

FACEBOOK! WIFI connection!!!  Wait, I'm supposed to be on vacation...

Fancy table set for many.

I'm sensing a theme.

Cozy stool, more pineapples.

Breakfast of champions.  Now to head to Disneyworld!

Tired Gnome

Getting tires for the car.

Digging through the tire pile.

Changing the tires on the car.

I'm a handy Gnome. :)

Teal Pond

Cattails in the Teal Pond Wetlands

Beautiful Teal Pond.

Tempted to jump in, but I didn't want to disrupt the tranquility. 

Back out on the path.

BEEF

Seasoning the meat.

Vegetable packages first.

I don't want to be on the grill!

Grill beauty.

Grilling some steak.

Pines to Prairie

Leopold Pines...

To the Curtis Prairie.

Breaking the rules by going off the trail (sssshhh!)

Hiding from the Visitor's Center.

Government Worker

Standing in front of the Capitol Building with Hans Christian Heg.

Working for the government for a day.

Where am I supposed to be again?

Getting energy from an iced mocha and looking up data.

I had fun working for the government for a day, but it was a bit overwhelming!  I will leave this to the professionals. :)