Wisconsin bound

Note: I delayed this post until I could visit one more time due to the delay in return to China.

Because of work schedules and commitments, we scheduled the trip to see Becca when Ryan could also go on the 7th of January. Finally the day arrived to travel. The night before was a snowfall that actually stuck to the ground due to enough days of freezing temperatures.

View from Ryan’s apartment window in Pittsburgh.

The next day we headed to the airport early. I was glad that the priority lounges was open to get food and have a drink. Yes, it was the morning… It is 5 o’clock somewhere as they say…

At the connection in Chicago……

View of central Wisconsin from the airplane.

At Becca’s we ate some amazing cheese curds. Here they are battered and fried. Really delicious. Later she made a Moroccan dinner to celebrate my birthday. I miss the international dinners we used to make together for my birthday.

We went for a small hike at a sculpture park, shopped at some thrift stores, and drank coffee while waiting for a surprise Becca had for us.

The thrift store had a resident cat named Ivy who found people who obviously like kitties.

Sculpture Park

This sculpture symbolizes slow changes and allowing things to just happen.

This one symbolizes agony and the changes that takes place when you let it just happen and unfold.

Ryan, myself, Becca, and her boyfriend Ryan. It is -9C today and it’s the warmest it will be.

We stopped at a small convenience store. I like looking at the food in different areas.

Individual cheese and meat for sandwiches.

I love the cranberries are called red pearls.

The surprise was a brewery tour. Point brewery is the second oldest independent brewery in the states. The first is a brewery in PA. Their image is a person in an original photo that no one ever could identify. Maybe I could work as a tester inn a brewery. I do have a biology degree.

With Ryan’s dad (Becca’s boyfriend Ryan)

To get the vats in they let them with a crane from the ceiling.

Our tour guide recommended a restaurant in Stevens Point called Guu’s. It was fabulous. Fried cheese curds, mini Reubens, elote corn dip, fried green beans….

At night we went to granite peak ski resort. They had fireworks at night and the kids took turns skiing. I would cross country ski but not downhill.

I loved my new phone. Such good pictures!

It was brutally cold on Sunday. -18C and close to 0 in F. We went on a short hike which was beautiful walking in the winter scenery.

After returning I learned flights to China were cancelled to keep COVID cases down for the Olympics. I managed to fly back again to see Becca and her boyfriend Ryan. She assured me it would be warmer. Not really….. Plus a snowstorm delayed my landing for five hours. I’m glad I made it though!

We went to downtown Wausau. Cold but walked some places they had both been. On the way I saw three houses on the river for ice fishing.