MARY APPARITION SITE TO TITLETOWN

 Tony's View

 I woke up early this morning to catch the sunrise. Google said sunrise was at 5:30am, so I set my alarm at 5:20am. I woke up at 4:45am and it was light outside already. I thought I had already missed it. I decided to go down to Lake Michigan out our back door and see if it was still coming. I got this picture about 5:35am. I guess  Google was right this time. It was beautiful. We went to breakfast at 8:00am and owners of the bed and breakfast fed us blueberry stuffed french toast and sausage. It was good but didn't sit well when I started cycling. We ran into some hills today, which gave me an opportunity to work off the breakfast.

We headed straight to The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Hope. It is a Catholic approved Apparition site of the Virgin Mary to Sr. Adele Joseph Brise. It was about halfway to Green Bay or Titletown as it's called in Wisconsin. We got to the Shrine just in time to say the rosary in the chapel with the parishioners and then got to participate in Mass.

At the Shrine the flowers were provided by Schroeder's Flowers. How awesome is that? The picture to the right is the Shrine of the Apparition in 1859. It is a real interesting story and was approved by the Catholic Church in 2009.
It was a beautiful place to pray and reflect.

 The next stop was in Green Bay. Just down the road from our hotel, we ran into this big Nut that we had to get our picture with. I was going to get into the middle of the nut, since I am the biggest nut. When we were approaching it, a nice older gentleman worker in the company was coming out of the shop. I thought he was going to say we couldn't do it. He came out and said I can take a picture of the two of you. People are so friendly. We headed to our hotel which is next door to Lambeau field. We had a tour of Lambeau field already scheduled. What a break. We got to tour Lambeau field with Ryan, Penny and Craig Eley. Even though, Craig would ruin every picture.😂They had a big Lombardi Trophy in the stadium that we got our picture by. The tour was great and we got to see alot and hear many stories. The tour was 1 hour and 1/2 long. I included many pictures.

 Going though the tunnel was an awesome experience. It brought goose bumps. They even turned on the same music and introduction that the Packers players hear when they enter the field. One of the tours was lead by Antonio Freeman. How cool is that? They were really proud of their team. They have had sellouts since 1960. They have 140,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets. Actually, they have their shareholders meeting in the stadium tomorrow. They have 364,000 owners. The city of Green Bay population is only 102,000.

I almost got a cheesehead, but decided against it. Ryan decided to get one and he looked much better in it than me.

We got to go down to their new field and check it out as long as we didn't touch the new grass. We get down there and what Craig does? He reached down and touched the grass. He got chewed out too. Traffic Engineers have a tough time following the rules. 

We went to Titletown Brewery after the tour with the Eley's and had a great time. It was nice to travel by their luxury truck. Craig and I had to get a picture before entering the brewery. We really had a great time with Ryan, Penny and Craig tonight. But I have to say, one of the funniest parts of today was listening to Ryan rant about Craig getting super excited about all the roundabouts they went through. Penny was even telling us about what makes one better than the other. Ryan was too funny talking about Craig and the roundabouts. Craig had to admit how cool it was. They even had the number of how many they went through this morning. 

Traffic could be interesting tomorrow with all the shareholders of the Packers coming into town tomorrow.

Joan's Extra

I am impressed at how much Tony wrote considering we got in later tonight and he is usually in bed by 8:00. One more thing to share: As we rode closer to Green Bay, we needed to cross a 4 lane highway, but the sign just across the highway, the sign read, "Road Closed Bridge Out." We crossed the road and Tony seriously considered crossing the construction, but since it was a bridge out, we did not go thru this time! We had to ride on the highway for a stretch instead until we found another side road. 

It's much clearer why Packers fans are such loyal fans. Heck, if I lived in Wisconsin, I'd be a cheesehead too! 

It was the warmest day for us so far in Wisconsin.☀☀☀