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This post contains affiliate links.  By purchasing anything from  Amazon you would normally buy, even if it is not what I suggest, through one of these links , you help keep this blog going so I can continue to share great travel ideas for you, your family and friends, at no additional cost to you.  It's a win, win!  By taking that one extra step when shopping on  Amazon by clicking  one of my links first, you keep posts like this coming your way.  Thank you for your support.  All photographs in this post were taken by me.  To purchase them, click on the links below the photos. Brightonwood's Orchard Est. 1950 Sign I recently asked a  Burlington local, who happens to be a great friend of mine, what her favorite apple orchard was.  She told me about Brightonwood's Orchard on the outskirts of Burlington , Wisconsin.  So, this past Sunday we decided to take the family there and experience this orchard for ourselves.  I sure am glad we did.  It is a new favorite

This post contains affiliate links.  By purchasing through one of these links, you help keep this blog going so I can continue to share great travel ideas for you, your family and friends, at no additional cost to you.  It's a win, win!  Thank you for your love and support.  All photographs in this post were taken by me.  To purchase them, click on the links below the photos. The Pride of Baltimore II sailing into Kenosha Harbor On Thursday, August 1, 2019, my family and I went to Kenosha, WI in order to watch the much anticipated Tall Ships parade into Kenosha Harbor.  The day was bright and the weather was perfect as we sat on the rocks of Lake Michigan and watched as each majestic ship sailed past.  Gazing out over endless water, we felt transported to the ocean seas of old.  History seemed to sail by us.  Visions of pirates were dancing through our heads. The Flagship Niagara shooting its cannon. One of the funnest parts of watching these ships sail in was thi