After traveling through Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, we reached the state of Wisconsin where our friends the Millmans live just outside Milwaukee. We had a restful time with them and caught up on the last 7 years of family activity and mutual friends.
We also took a tour of the Journal Sentinel newspaper. This Milwaukee daily newspaper has a beautiful production facility and we were able to follow the process of creating a newspaper using the web process (one continuous sheet of paper that feeds through seven storeys of machinery). Each roll of paper is 10 km long and weighs a ton (literally 2000 pounds). And guess where the paper comes from? Canada, of course. Some is even from Bowaters in Nova Scotia! It was a fabulous behind-the-scenes look at the making of a newspaper.
We stopped at Miller Park for a walk around the baseball stadium where the Milwaukee Brewers play. It is a beautiful facility with a retractable roof.
We were so thrilled that you took time to visit with us. Enjoy your adventure and keep in touch. The Millmans
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