Our first B&B

Thanks to Katie and Ryan's wedding gift we spent last weekend at the Hamilton House in Whitewater, WI. It was a lot of fun and we recomend it to anyone who needs to get away, but not go a huge distance to get there. We got in Friday night at 9pm and basically passed out from the week we had. We ate breakfast with two other couples from the area and enjoyed a nice cozy morning. We later went to Broken Pieces which is a pottery shop where you can make a whole bunch of stuff. I made a square serving plate and Eric made a mosaic trivet. We made friends with the two young daughters of the owner and had the place to ourselves. After we finished we walked over to Jessica's Restaraunt. Eric decided to take on a monster of a burger.

After an afternoon catnap we headed over to the fireside theater in Fort Atkinson. It was a dinner theater that was showcasing Best of the Bands Musical Revue. Eric asked me on the way over if there was audience participation and I said of course not. And OF COURSE who was asked to join the conga line, Eric and I. It is crazy to know that over a half million people go to the Fireside every year and there are only 11,000 people in this rural town.

Sunday we ate with the guests and learned about the history of the house which was used by the Underground Railroad and multiple tunnels were in the home. Eric wanted to use them but unfortunately they were in the inn keepers personal family quarters. Also, the home was a fraternity for Whitewater for awhile and John Belushi went to school their for six months. The Hamilton House was inspiration to Animal House. The scene where D-day drives a motorcyle up the stairs actually happened in the Hamilton house and you are able to see the marks on every stair. Plus, it was the Animal House anniversary that weekend, coincidence I think not.