Madison

A friend of mine once said that everywhere you go in Wisconsin is like a picture on a calendar. He may be right. Someone else said it's like a hip town dropped in the middle of a cornfield. Hmm. Pretty close too.
The first farmer's market of the year surrounded the capital. It wasn't completely hopping as it's early yet, but there were lots of vendors and customers.

Fried cheese. Yum. A bit like saganaki (flaming cheese in Greek town.)
Stella's Famous Hot Cheese Bread. Notice the shelving at right. They just drove it up, unloaded them from the truck and there was an instant line to purchase the steaming loaves. We had to get one too. It was an awesome foot wide soft bun jammed with cheddar and monterrey jack and a touch of hot pepper. Mmmmmm...
The Glacial Drumlin trail starts out our back door.
The road riding is beautiful rolling farm country.....

with cheese shops everywhere. America's Dairyland even has cheddar cheese cows with chocolate cheese feet. Blurry, but you get the idea.