Wisconsin started with a dead car battery, a bad haircut and another night in a Walmart parking lot in Sheboygan. We arrived at Walmart around 8:00 pm EST time but now we were in Central time zone we gained an extra hour. Due to the fact it had been close to eight weeks since haircuts, Brian decided that everyone needed to go inside Walmart for haircuts. I decided that since I had not had my haircut since May, I would watch the boys get their hair cut and see if I trusted the stylist to cut my hair too. I did not trust my inside voice that told me to wait another two months for a haircut when we got back to Asheville. I am not really sure what happened but my cut that was supposed to be up to my chin went much shorter- way too short. I have not had my hair this short since college and then I had a few less pounds. Needless to say, I cried off and on for over two weeks, every time I looked in the mirror or saw my reflection. I decided that we would not return to NC until my hair grew out or I could find a really pretty hat to hide my bad hair cut.
We realized just before Wisconsin that the car battery was dead, which meant no auxiliary brake in the TOAD. Since the plug in for the auxiliary brake in the car was still not working we had to plug directly into the car which drains the car battery. After an unsuccessful attempt to use a plug in battery charger we called Coach Net for road side assistance. The guy that came had a portable battery charger much larger than the one that we had attempted to use and he had the car battery “jumped” in less than five minutes. We spent another 30 plus minutes sitting in the Walmart parking lot waiting for the battery to charge, so we could connect the brake in the TOAD.
The high light of Wisconsin was a trip to the Jelly Belly plant in Pleasant Prairie. We toured the plant, tasted some really interested candies and purchased Belly Flops (Belly Jelly rejects) and Cupid Corn (candy corn colored red and pink for Valentine’s Day). We bought and bagged 25 lbs of candy corn and I am sure that most of it will be gone before we return to NC in November. The kids enjoyed the tour of the candy shop more than the plant tour since they were able to sample different types of candy. They decided that we needed a Jelly Belly car which was a Volkswagen bug decorated with the Jelly Belly logo and colors since it was much more colorful than the TOAD.
We only planned on staying in Wisconsin a couple of days so we stayed in a city park in Racine, WI. On the way to the Mexican restaurant we found by a Google search, it started raining and the lack of street lights made the drive to the restaurant difficult. The Mexican restaurant called Jose’s Blue Sombrero, Brian tried a chicken chimichanga and I had cheese and chicken enchiladas, Zachary ate a chicken taco, and Carson ate chips. The food was good but did not compare to Don Papas in Asheville.
Wisconsin will be remembered by a bad haircut which will still be evident when 2010 begins. Next stop is Elkhart, Indiana, the RV Capital of the US, for more adventures for the Godwin family.
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