Day 40 - Just in Time

Our ride thru Madison last night was a "white knuckle” trip for sure. The traffic was very heavy and in the dark it was even more of a concern. BUT, we made it to the hotel without any incident and got settled in for the night. We did this in order to get closer to the Ferry terminal in Milwaukee. Only problem was we had no ferry reservations. So, first thing in the morning I called the ferry office and when I got the agent to make a reservation for the two Model A’s I was told I got the last two spots on the 12:30 ferry. Boy what luck! Just in time again. We had to be at the terminal 1 ½ hours before which would be easy to do if we got back on the interstate. We did and fortunately we didn’t have any problems getting to the ferry terminal in time, in fact we were the first two cars in line. When we got loaded on the ferry we were parked up against the front door.

We found seats in the main cabin and settled in for the 2 ½ hour ride across Lake Michigan. What a difference between this ship and the S.S. Badger we took earlier which was huge and slow. This ship was a catamaran and fast. The other difference was the lake was pretty rough today and the ferry was really rolling with the swells. You needed sea legs if you tried to walk around. Dick and I hoped the emergency brakes held with all this movement. When we were asked to return to the cars we were glad to see them still in the same place. Dick was first off the ship and I was right behind him.

About the time we got off the ferry the phone rang; it was Jo who was at the Gilmore Museum and told us about the Cruise night tonight. It would be great if we could make it. We set the GPS to Hickory Corners and the Gilmore Museum and headed the Model A’s in that direction. Oh but wait…one thing did manage to stop us and that was the Whippy Dip for ice cream. Dick says a day isn’t complete without Ice Cream. We also got the ROCK weather. On the road again we eventually arrived at the museum just around 6:45. When we pulled in we could hear the PA announcer say the Model A’s from Boston were now pulling into the show. Just in time again. Dick and I found spots to park and we were greeted by Jack & Jo. It was good to see them again. We answered lots of questions from other visitors about our trip which is always fun. We loved looking at the cars and especially liked eating at the restored diner. Edsel even got a chance to ride on an Edsel! We had a wonderful time and looked forward to returning to the museum for a full visit in the morning.

Leaving the museum for our motel we were warned about the deer and to be careful driving the roads. We were only gone a few minutes when we spotted 3 deer on the side of the road, but that was it. No more sightings all the way top the motel.