The other day I went for a walk on a prairie near Madison, to take some photos with my new camera. But first I wanted to catch the sun coming up. From this vantage point one can see, on the other side of Lake Mendota, the capitol and the tallest buildings on the UW campus.

Some great trip memories in 2019. As the summer season wrapped up, I was able to get away to St. Louis for a few days of vacation. This was a trip I had been anticipating for over a dozen years. Ever since InterVarsity moved our Urbana conference to St. Louis in 2006, I had been telling my radio friend Stel Pontikes that I would come back for a tourist visit during warmer weather. St. Louis is a Mississippi Rivertown, just like my hometown of Prairie du Chien, with a rich history. I finally made it to St. Louis in 2019. It started out as a beautiful day for a road trip.