The Goodbye Tour

The Chicago Skyline at 5:20 a.m. as we drove out of the city after visiting our friends Sara (Shipley) and Gustav Hoppe.

After hanging our with Jenn and Jag in Haledon, NJ we realized that their son is a genius...

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with our friends Pete and Melissa Thomson

Ashley and Melissa hanging out on the Upper East side of Manhattan

GRAND CANYON 2008

7 days and 6 nights in the Grand Canyon - It was an awesome trip!!

Those who lived the dream:
Joanna Wollersheim
Ashley Wollersheim
Aaron Martin
Amy Martin
Joseph Wollersheim


Our gear packed in the truck




We created a little shade along the Colorado river


Ashley and her siblings enjoying the view of the "Rado." Doesn't get much better than that.


My little sister and I





30 miles of hiking, 2 snakes, 150 lizards, 50 lb backpacks, and a whole lot of fun...

Fun Times in WI

Since I don't have a puppy or a baby, I have chosen to put some ridiculous pictures of my husband on the blog. Here it goes.

In training for our big hike in the Grand Canyon, starting on Sunday, Joe and I have been hiking around A-town in our hiking boots. On this particular day, it had rained a ton, so our boots were quite muddy. In order to avoid taking off his boots to enter the house, Joe simply and nonchalantly put brown paper sacks over his feet. Gotta love him! OH, and check out his sweet Git' up!


This second set of photos is of our time at Miller Park to watch the Brewers play. Joe and I decided to make our way down to Milwaukee for the day which consisted of eating at Culver's twice and watching the baseball game. (For those of you that don't know or have never eaten at Culver's you are missing out!!!!!!) Miller Park has a retractable roof, so despite the cold weather here in WI, we were able to watch the game in a cozy seat, very high up in the stands. We love our cheap seats.

Nothing Like April In Wisconsin

It is April 12th - this photo is off my parent's back deck.

Cattle Auction

This winter my father-in-law auctioned off his Black Angus breading heard. This was my first cattle auction - I enjoyed it.



My father-in-law (the one in the cowboy hat) preparing the cattle for auction.

Barbary Monkeys

This is video from a trip to the Rock of Gibraltar we took last year. I just learned how to add videos to our blog so I thought i would add this video of us and the mysterious Barbary Monkeys of the Rock of Gibraltar.

Ten more Peace Corps facts...

1. We may, or may not, have electricity and running water.

2. We may, or may not, have to bike up to 15.5 miles a day to our jobs over rough and rocky terrain.

3. We may, or may not, have live in a hut made of adobe brick.

4. We may, or may not, have to eat boiled rice, corn, millet and oh, simple sauces.

5. We may, or may not, have to kill and de-feather our own chicken for dinner.

6. We may, or may not, have to live in 115 degree weather ALL YEAR ROUND! oh, i guess it does cool down at night to around 80.

7. We may, or may not, have to learn two languages: French and Bambara( a native language).

8. We may, or may not, have to wear long clothing due to Malian culture. Remember the temperatures!

9. We may, or may not, have to boil and filter ALL of our water.

10. We may, or may not, be a days travel from Timbuktu. ( yes, this is a real place, we are going to the middle of nowhere)


At times we think WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING? And at other times these facts excite us! Ready or not Mali here we come!