Well, it took me almost a whole year to post these pictures! But I guess it’s OK because now is the time to go do this trip. We like to just get in the car and drive sometimes, so that’s what we did. We went up to Rockford, IL, then over to Madison, WI. Then came back down thru Wisconsin into Illinois again to a fun farm with pumpkins and a corn maze.

Rockford was kind of a bust. But we did find a The Wired Cafe that had espressos and a nice breakfast.

Madison is a cute college town! Lots of fun restaurants, bars, and cafes.

We had a great local WI type meal at The Old Fashioned in downtown Madison.

Breakfast was at Madison Sourdough, a great bakery with a pretty ambience.

Heading back to Chicago, we stopped at Richardson’s Farm for pumpkins and a corn maze.

Overall it was a relaxing, fun Fall weekend.