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big enough to have white caps even with a mild breeze. The

temperature had soared to 68 so we picnicked at the lake edge
with only one heavy sweater. Took in the sights – Lighthouse,

Spanish American War Memorial (?), churches and then took a

audiotape tour out into the countryside to the Horicon Marsh
Wildlife Refuge.

There are several thousand acres of marsh, which act as a

sanctuary for Canadian geese during their migration in the spring
and the fall. We drove out on an old dike where you could see an

endless vista of cattails – the largest cattail marsh in the world.
This was our first chance to get out into the “wilderness” of this

beautiful state and we were very happy to be there away from all

those darned tourists. We saw bunny rabbits, mice, voles, musk
rats, deer and birds of all kinds – white pelicans, great blue

herons, robins, swallows, and of course – explosions of wild
flowers. A delightful afternoon.

Dinner was at a family restaurant with huge Friday four course

meals for $6.00. Called ahead to get this Motel in the capitol,
Madison so that I could have an Internet port in the room. Now if I

can only figure out how to use it -----

MADISON, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S HOME, and THE DELLS

Saturday - Our goal for the day was The Dells. The name serves for
both the name of a city and the formation of sandstone rock that

forms the banks of the Wisconsin River in the area. On the way
from Madison to The Dells, we stopped at the sight of Frank Lloyd

Wright’s home. His grandparents had land there from the early

1800’s when they came from Wales. He built his personal home,
Taliesin, in the side of a high bluff overlooking a beautiful valley.

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