Wisconsin State Capitol

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Speaking of birthdays, Jer and I had a birthday date Friday and decided to hop up to Madison and tour the capitol and go to dinner. We missed the last guided tour of the day, so set out with the self tour guide to discover the most prominent building in our state. We all see it in the distance when we go to Madison, we walk around it when we are in the city, but how many of us have actually toured the building??? We thought it was way past time for us!

I love how the Universe works, cuz the first hall we choose to go down, brought is right to Kim Hixson's office door! Kim is our 43rd District Assembly Rep, and when I opened the door, there sat Jim Stoa, Kim's second hand guy! Jim and I worked together in the last presidential campaign and it had been awhile since we had seen each other. That was cool, but even better is Jim gave us a personal tour of the capitol!

It's pretty quiet at the capitol late Friday afternoon, and even more so as the Badgers had just lost, so most folks were nursing their bruises. But we had an awesome tour! The building is amazing! The history is fascinating! The art is humbling! And being able to actually step behind the Supreme Court Bench, stand at the Senate Speaker's Table and look down from the Assembly Platform, is inspiring. (Most of this is probably not on the regular tour!)

We met Senator Robson's staff and enjoyed her office. Jim was a terrific guide and we are grateful we missed the 'regular' tour, although I'm sure we would have learned more details and plan on taking it on another day.

If you have not taken the time to tour your state capitol, you should. For us, it helped to bring our pride in our state and our country back to center. We needed that. We all need that, especially now.

And it's free! So jump in your car and go to Madison. I know you will be glad you did! ~always, linda