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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Being creative in Madison

Still trying to figure out how to make the camper refrigerator work.  Bruce came up with an idea to
re direct the air flow across the back of the unit and keep it cooler during the day.  We won't be able to tell till we are on the go again, right now we are parked in Bill's driveway in Madison.  Any body have any other ideas for us? Think this will work?
Madison is a beautiful small city with lots of parks and lakes.  Also lots of brew pubs :).  And for the past few days beautiful weather.  I wish it could stay like this for months! We took a walk through Madisons large arboretum and I was amazed at the large numbers and types of deciduous trees.  As a westerner this looks like such an alien landscape.  Nice too, but I kinda miss the rocks, sagebrush and pine.  I am also struck by how plentiful water is.  I am appalled by faucets that run automatically here and realize that in the west we look at water in a different way, as something to be preserved, saved. It is a western mentality that we limit our showers and use of water. The west is a beautiful place but so much harder to live in in many ways.
One thing the mid west has is wind! I was fascinated by the number of wind farms that we passed in rural Iowa.  Not just a single windmill at a homestead but the really big ones. Such a beautiful sight!

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