STEAMY HOT MIDWEST

I know its been hot here in the Northeast, but it's been STEAMY in the Midwest.

We traveled to St. John's, Michigan and stayed at hubby's sister and husband's house, where we met up with hubby's cousin and husband.

All six of us were about to embark on travel to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

In the next few blogs I'll try to recount the sights we saw along the way.

First we had a day of rest in St. John's where we ventured to Lansing which is about 20 miles away.

We had lunch at Emil's, a restaurant that serves delicious Italian entrees.
One of the things they're famous for is their Coca Cola. It tastes like the old-fashion kind that is syrupy and not watered down.  They have daily specials, one is all the spaghetti you can eat and scrumptious Italian bread. Sadly we were there on the wrong day for that one.

After we finished lunch we headed toward East Lansing, home to Michigan State University.
The campus is beautiful and we were treated to Michigan State University Ice Cream.
Needless to say with temps bordering at 100', the line for cool, refreshing ice cream was lo-o-o-ng.

Around here people know of Penn State Ice Cream, which I must admit I've never tasted.
However, since I have family in the ice cream business I had to try my favorite flavor in the MSU variety, which is Coconut Chocolate Almond, you know I had to compare brands.

It was delectably creamy and flavorful. Yum-Yum, good to the last drip. I'll reserve judgement as to the winner.  On a hot day ice cream is ice cream.

After indulging in thousands of calories we headed back to the ranch ... I mean farm.

The next day we packed up and headed to Moline, Illinois, after breakfast at Flap-Jax in Michigan. Pancakes and waffles, need I say more?

At the end of my travelogue I'll tell you how much weight I gained.

Stay tuned.