Thanks for the good information! We'll try to arrive early to visit the team store.

Adding your suggestions to possible places to visit - seems like there's a lot to see and do, and food usually weighs in a little more than something like a museum.

That sounds like a great idea! A little exercise would do me good...

Speaking of "carry in" policy, will I be able to bring in my camera bag? The local college will kick you out of the game for bringing in a DSLR, which seem really weird to me. Even at a women's basketball game with 100 fans they'll get after you.

I'd like to thank everyone for all the suggestions and help on things to do in Wisconsin! Our vacation came and went too fast, but we really appreciated all your help.

[Sorry this will probably be a little long.]

The original reason for going to WI was my cousin's grandson's wedding at Riverside Bible Camp near Amherst. The ceremony was held on an island surrounded by the Tomorrow River and the verdant countryside. My life is wealthier having seen such beauty.

For such a short vacation, we had more pizza than we usually do. Stevens Point (Polito's - excellent), Rockton (Blue Goose - excellent), Milwaukie (National @ BW - pretty good). It's refreshing to see such quality at so many place; even MKE's pizza looked good.

AT&T really has problems in WI - almost 2 days with no/spotty reception on our trip. ...Although, it was nice getting the daughter off the phone for a while!

We like looking at old mansions, so we stopped at both Al Ringling's Mansion in Baraboo and the Pabst Mansion in Milwaukie. Both are a continuing work of restoration, and both were rescued from being razed fairly recently. If you enjoy craftsmanship, beauty, and history, they're both highly recommended.

In Madison, the State Capitol tour was not only free, it was jaw-dropping. People don't make things like that anymore.

Also in Madison, the Olbrich Park Botanical Gardens was a nice visit. There's no entrance fee, the gardens are very nice, but the Thai pagoda was stunning.

We could see that custard is a highly valued food in the region (as well it should be :^)... We tried some in Madison at a little chain custard place - it was reasonable, but nothing compared to either Kopp's or Leon's. We would have tried some more places, but I didn't want the airline to double-charge me when I returned. As to my favorite place... I don't want to start any wars, but I agree strongly both ways.

We took a tour at Lakeside Brewery and tasted some amazing beers! I think it's $10 for the tour and you get 4 tokens to get 4 full pours. We ended up using most of our tokens for several bottles of their Maple Root Beer to use as gifts on our return. Two of my favorites are the Riverside and Eastside (?).

Not sure if I imbibed too much, but Lakeside's food was awesome! I got the fish fry with fries and could have eaten another. Like I said, I've forgotten what my wife and daughter ordered.

Besides the blessed wedding, going to the Brewer's baseball game was an amazing highlight. We walked to Miller Park from the Best Western on National Avenue, which took maybe 15 or 20 minutes. I found that pocket knives are not allowed, so I ran back to the trail and quickly noticed that I could push through a thicket of bushes and hide my expensive knife without being observed :^)

Miller Park is huuuge! The roof was closed and opened during the game - a remarkable feat of engineering! There were a few really high popups that seemed near to the roof, but in reality were probably not even close.

Good thing the concessions opened 1.5 hours before the game - we were able to shop around and look at souvenirs and food. Too bad everything closed so quickly after the game - that'll teach us to hesitate before buying.

Lastly, and if you're still awake, I can see another trip should be made to catch some stuff we missed (like Central Waters Brewery, more stuff in Milwaukie, etc.). My wife and daughter really loved it there too, so it won't be too hard to convince anyone to return!

Thank you all!