Recently, I went to Wisconsin to be part of a wonderful wedding of a very good friend, and a new friend. We were glad to be a part of the wedding. It was an honor and privilege to serve.
I learned a few things over there.
They don’t recycle as much as we do around here. It seems here there is a recycle bin next to every trash bin. Not so much there. And the restaurants used a bit more Styrofoam that they do over here.
And speaking of restaurants, they still have smoking sections. Usually separate from the non-smoking sections by at least 5 feet and a walkway. It was strange to be eating, with the smell of cigarettes in the air.
An exception of that was at an awesome bar in Kenosha. Kenosha has a no smoking in resturaunts policy. (Fab decor, scroll down on the link)
We noticed that a lot of the motorcyclists did not wear helmets. We were surprised and asked, “that’s not a law??” The response was, “Harley wouldn’t allow that to pass.”
The Field Museum is awesome. I got to see Sue. (yes, we know Chicago is not in Wisconsin)
I learned that the airlines are serious about a 50-pound limit on luggage. So, while checking in we had to unpack a suitcase to get it under the limit. One of the things we unpacked was a new Maglite flashlight set with batteries. I stowed it in my carry on backpack.
I learned that when going through a security checkpoint, that a Maglite flashlight with a set of batteries looks very suspicious in the x-ray machine. So I got the pleasure of being pulled aside, without my shoes, while they swabbed my backpack, examined the flashlight, looked at me, examined the batteries.
I also learned that my new friend has a whole lot of friends that love her very much because she is such a great person.