Morning swim and Chicago Botanical Gardens

August 31, 2013

On the beach... Lake Michigan

 Morning swim with the the local doggies.  (right of Allie, "Fogner"). 

Chicago Botanical Garden

 Ava and Brad

 Ava and Cactus

Kickstand Foster, Allie & Irie's new friend.

Hema's Kitchen Indian Cuisine

Haley, Brad, Ava, Hmi hmi, Jim

Old Friends, Chicago, Lake Michigan and Doggie Daycare

August 30, 2013

Old Friends Reunite

 Ava, Brad, Hmihmi (Mimi), Terri & Jim

 Oooo, the water is cold for Jim to get in!  The "locals" are use to it.  (~68-degrees?)

 Jim and Brad... sunset overlooking Lake Michigan

Sunset reflecting off the clouds in Chicago, IL overlooking Lake Michigan.

Our First Day of Doggie Daycare Ever!

YES we had fun!

 WE are SO happy to see our parents!

Yeah! we are on our way back to our RV Home.

Evening Accommidations:

Parked in front of Brad & Mimi's condo complex (in Chicago, IL on the water of Lake Michigan).

Frisbee Golf, Boerner Botanical Garden, Mitchell Park... and into Illinois...

August 29, 2013

Frisbee Golf, Valley View Park, New Berlin, WI

  OOOOOOooooo that grass feels Sooooooooo good!

OH, me tooooooo!

Boerner Botanical Garden, Hales Corners, WI

http://www.boernerbotanicalgardens.org

Whitnall Park aka Fun in the Stream

 swim... swim...

 run run...

 roll... roll...

Survived our first TOLL ROAD experience!

 

So sad, no Chicago Botanical Garden today

After driving... Tried to visit Chicago Botanical Gardens, but they would not even let the dogs in the RV remain on the grounds.  So so very disappointed.  Maybe tomorrow.

Evening Accommodations

Oh my, the Walmart I had info allowed overnight parking DOES NOT.  So we stayed the night anyway.

The Rochester (Polish) Cousin, in Sussex, WI

August 28, 2013

Visiting Cousin Gene

Jim, Ann, Terri and Gene

Ann, Matthew, Michael, Christine, Gene

Mathew, Irie, Allie, Michael

My Cousin, Gene, shared some old pictures of our family

My Grandmother (Francis Wojtaszek Sokol), 

Mother (Sophie Sokol Wsol), 

My Aunt (Stella Sokol Siwicki)

My Grandfather (Stanley Sokol)

My Grandfather and Grandmother (Sokol), August 28, 1915

Evening Accomidations

Walmart WI