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Welcome to my weekly update for June 7, 2026!
Hello again! My husband and I wrapped up his time working in Florida and moved on to his next work assignment at the hospital in Marquette, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula, a couple of weeks ago. We’ve been to very few of the states surrounding the Great Lakes so we’re excited to see completely new sights!
My husband had a long weekend over Memorial Day so we drove down to Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They were both lovely cities. We really loved the architecture of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Doesn’t it look like a huge ship on Lake Michigan? The outer layer on the lower “mast” automatically extends and retracts a couple of times a day but it was undergoing scheduled maintenance while we were there so we didn’t see that.
We were thrilled to find the “Bronze Fonz” on Milwaukee’s Riverwalk! I barely remember watching the show Happy Days when I was young but I either didn’t know or had forgotten that it was set in Milwaukee. My family asked so I’ll mention it here for any inquiring readers–I don’t believe there are any tributes to Laverne & Shirley (a spinoff show also mostly set in Milwaukee), though I did find a Laverne & Shirley tour that’s offered about once a month. It was not scheduled the weekend we were there. I was disappointed because it sounded like a lot of fun.
We were surprised by how small Green Bay is, considering that it’s home to such a legendary football team. My husband is a Miami Dolphins fan, not a Packers fan, but he still wanted to tour Lambeau Field because it’s so iconic. I don’t watch football at all but I have to admit that it was cool to sit in one of the boxes in the stadium and then go down and walk out the tunnel that the team emerges from and out onto the sidelines (the groundskeepers understandably don’t want tourists on the actual field).
Last weekend we visited Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It’s beautiful! We hiked around in the afternoon, grabbed a beef pasty for dinner (a Cornish hand pie; the UP of Michigan is known for them), then headed out for a sunset cruise along the cliffs. Natural minerals seep out and cause a myriad of colors. It was a beautiful experience but we were frozen! Lake Superior is still very cold to us but we see some hardy locals (known as Yoopers; I think it’s a corruption of UP-ers) sunbathing and splashing around in the shallows. Brrr! Not us!
Slideshow:
All images © Jennifer G. at Introverted Reader 2026
- The low white building is the Milwaukee Art Museum
- Ayyyyy! The Bronze Fonz
- Lambeau Field from the sidelines. I solemnly promise that my husband did not touch the turf while taking this picture!
- Miners Castle upper overlook at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior
- Lovers Leap Arch at Pictured Rocks
Posted:
Nothing.
Read:
I’ve read a lot of books since I last posted but this is what I’ve finished in the last week. Both links go to my reviews on GoodReads.
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World by Rachel Swaby–4 Stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers, read by Rachel Dulude–4 Stars
Currently Reading:
Nightshade & Oak by Molly O’Neill
The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes by Scott Wallace
Up Next:
I just finished my audiobook about an hour ago so I’ll be looking for a new one.
What did your week look like?
Hosts:
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon and Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer hosts Sunday Post. Kathryn at Book Date hosts It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
24 Comments
We are hoping we can visit Michigan with my son and daughter-in-law in late August or early September. My daughter-in-law worked in Traverse City many years ago. I guess we will be just across the water from you.
We’re hoping to make it down to Traverse City at some point. I hope you can make it work!
I’ve probably said this more than once, but it’s so great that you two get to see so much of our country via your husband’s work. What a great experience!
I loved watching Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley!
We are very fortunate. I remember Laverne and Shirley more than Happy Days but I think I liked them both!
52 Women Who Changed the World would be an interesting read. I imagine The Great Lakes would be a very interesting place to live in and visit around.
I don’t think I am tough enough to survive a winter here but it sure is beautiful in the summer!
Enjoy your time in Michigan! I love the photos.
Thanks!
Enjoy exploring a new part of the country! I didn’t remember that Happy Days was set in Milwaukee but do remember enjoying that show. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
Thanks! We’re planning to see some of Minnesota while we’re up here too.
I clearly remember watching Happy Days, but also forgot that it was set in Milwaukee. Sounds like you have seen quite a lot of the city now! How fun.
It was fun!
Seeing the football stadium would be cool! I have only seen a few episodes of Happy Days, but I like it. It’s on my list of shows I want to binge. Have a great week! 🙂
I remember watching a few episodes of Happy Days as a kid and thinking that everyone was an adult. Now I just looked at cast photos and thought that they all look like babies, they were so young 🙂 Even the mom looks young to me now!
Thanks for sharing your photos. I have a photo of me with 2 friends when we were there for the Harley Davidson 110th anniversary. One of my friends lives in a suburb there. Nice that you are north now that the weather is heating up.
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I didn’t realize that Harley-Davidson is headquartered in Milwaukee until after we left. I was so disappointed! My uncle loves H-D shirts so I would have stopped to get him one if I had realized it earlier.
Great to see your post! I’ve never been in that area, and the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore looks gorgeous! Enjoy your time up there.
Thanks!
I look forward to traveling vicariously through you around the Great Lakes.
Don’t forget to add your nonfiction books to the #ReadNonficChal Linky!
Thanks for sharing your week
Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for sharing the pictures. I’ll be in Milwaukee on Saturday for a Pride month book signing. Enjoy the long days in the UP!
Have fun at the signing!
That’s exciting to get to spend some extended time around the Great Lakes. We traveled to the UP up from Missouri a few times — that took us to the western part where it’s very wooded and scenic.
We’re heading out to the west part of the UP soon. We’re hoping for good weather! It’s been very changeable since we’ve been here.