Sharp's Travels

Roger and Jean picked us up at 9:00 am and took us downtown to the Farmers Market. They have a really nice market for a small town. There were also a lot of produce, furniture, baskets, and quilts from the Amish community near town. Then we visited (shopped) a few more stores, then headed back to Roger and Jean’s where we sat out on their patio to visit and have a little wine. Then it was time for lunch. After lunch Cheri wanted to go back downtown to the quilt store that we shopped at yesterday. I forgot to mention that we were there in yesterday’s blog (how could I forget that). Cheri wanted me to take a picture of a wall hanging that she wants to make. Then it was back to Roger and Jean’s for a game of dominos which we guys won. Wow that makes three in a row that we guys have won. I better write that down somewhere because that doesn’t happen very often. At 4:30 pm we headed for La Crosse to take the dinner cruise on the La Crosse Queen up the Mississippi River. While waiting to board the La Crosse Queen we visited the Riverside International Friendship Gardens. They had flowers and plants from all around the world, very nice. Then it was time to board the La Crosse Queen and start our trip up the river and a wonderful dinner of prime rib and baked chicken. It was an excellent meal and the scenery was beautiful. The cruise took us up the river through the #7 lock and dam which was quite the experience. Then back down river through the locks again. Then we traveled on down the river through the old railroad bridge which has a large section on a turn table which turns to let the large boats through. We got a chance to see five eagles on the trip, what a treat that was. It was 8:30 pm before we got back to the dock. What a wonderful time we had. It was near 10:00 pm when we got back to Viroqua and decided to call it a night. We had a great day, thanks to Roger and Jean.


For pictures of the day see album: La Crosse Queen