New City, New Hair!

Okay so I am a girl and even the slightest change in hair can be exciting and important to me!

I cut and highlighted my hair and added bangs. This was just after I got back from the salon so it will probably never look that good again, which is why I wanted to take a picture...

My hair curls much better with this cut, my hair is much lighter with the added layers.

The Harley museum!

So Harley Davidson is all over Milwaukee, at first we thought that is interesting, then we learned that this is where the company started and things started to make a lot of sense then. We also learned that the only Harley museum in the world just opened this summer in Milwaukee, so we took an afternoon trip to check it out.

I thought this sign was funny, I never thought of a car as a cage...
The engine room, where they tore down a bike and let you learn hands on how it runs.

This was a delivery bike. They advertised that this was the

cheapest form of motorized transportation in its day.

One of the first bikes. The company actually started in 1903 in a shed in Milwaukee.

The first bikes looked like bicycles with motors on them. The company name comes from the names of the brothers and friends who started the company. There was four of them.

Here the bikes are starting to get more upgraded.

By the 1920's these bikes were being shipped

all over the world, were being bought and made special for the army, mail

services, and other companies that needed to travel aroun.

This was a cool racing bike. They had special bikes for every use. There were also these hill racer bikes. It was quite a sport in it's day where they would race straight up hills and mountains.
This was a custom designed bike actually built by another person other than
the company. It was a tandem bike.

At the end of the museum they had multiple bikes old and new that you can sit on for photo ops and they had a big theatre in there to help you feel like you are on the open road. We took lots of pics, vote for your favorite bike!

Matt's Hot wannabe biker chic!
Me on the mini bike

Who knew Harley ever made scooters!! That seems to be heresy for them...
This was an army bike probably from WWI, I am reaching for my gun to fight the enemies...
Mr. Hot Stuff!!


Super Mr. Hot Stuff! Who always looks so good in blue.

So we have been debating about learning to ride a motorcycle. The whole thing started when Matt went to test drive these scooters, he sold me on the practical aspects of them. Then before we knew it we are talking about motorcyles and checking out every bike that we come across... Any suggestions out there, should be get a bike? A scooter or motorcycle or none. For me, the appeal of it sounds enticing and fun, but I also come from the ICU environment where we call motorcycles organ donors, cringe... We would love to hear what you think!

AHHHH!!! So much is going on...

So we have a lot of updating to do. The past couple of weeks have been stressful, but it is all coming together for our next assignment. Tuesday we accepted a contract in Fairfax, VA, part of Washington DC. I woke up on Tuesday thinking we may be going to AZ or NM, then by the end of the day had accepted a contract in VA. So it is a roller coaster in this business and there is still lots to learn!! Then all the details housing, insurance, moving, safety in DC, travelling with the cats (or not), nursing licensure in VA, paperwork and certifications, and in the midst of it all we celebrated our anniversary in Door County on Labor Day weekend! More to come in just a second...

Door County Funness!

We spent Labor Day weekend and our 4th wedding anniversary in Door County.

A popular vacation spot for the Wisconsin and the midwest. It is basically a penninsula just north of Green Bay that juts out into Lake Michigan.

It takes about an hour to drive the length of the penninsula.

We stayed in Sturgeon Bay area in a little B&B.

Our first day we went to a county park that has these great
bluffs and little caves formed from the waves of Lake Michigan










Door county has a lot of orchards and wineries. Door county is known for it's cherries, so we tried some amazing cherry wine. The cherry flavor really pops in your mouth I really hadn't had anything like it before. Here is Matt after a little too much free wine tasting, hehe!
Door County has a lot of Maritime museums and businesses. There was this shipbuilding company across the street from our B&B and we were in awe of the huge ships they were working on.

Door County has miles of coast line, so we spent our evenings watching the sunset.


Or not watching it so much!


There are lots of little islands off the coast, we visited Washington Island which is the largest one and the only one that is developed. We rode a ferry over and took our bikes to explore. The island was only 5 miles in diameter.

This was School House Beach, very pretty beach, but a little rocky!

This restaurant was in Sister Bay. Much of Door county was settled by scandanavian immigrants. So there is a lot Swedish, Norwegian and Iceland culture and imports. There is also a lot of artists and galleries in Door County wtih unique gifts and art.

This Swedish restaurant has a grass roof with goats on top that just wander and graze on the roof! The food was just okay, but the atmosphere was fun.


Sister Bay was having a Marina festival that night so after dinner we walked across the street and watched the sunset and then settled in for some fireworks in the bay.

Door county has many light houses to tour.

This was our balcony off our room at the B&B

Our last day we went to Penninsula State Park. They have some great bike paths and hiking paths. I think it was the best bike path I have rode. It was through the forest and along the coast. I would say it ranks with my favorite bike path in Frisco, CO.

We rode through the park to a very popular beach at

Nicolet bay and took a swim. It was a very relaxing day!


This was our last trip for this assignment and it was a good one! We have just a couple of things left to do and then we will be moving on to explore D.C.!!