I kept my eyes on the weather maps and picked a window of opportunity to get our last longish run before tapering for the Philly Half Marathon next weekend.
Rob had found us an area to run that would allow a bit of sightseeing as well as exercise. We headed back to Depere and parked at the town's Veterans Park.
We made our way through a residential area and came to the Fox River Bridge. The bridge has pedestrian access on both sides so we ran across and to a path along the river.
FOX RIVER BRIDGE
The path along the river led us to an walkway that leads to a white pelican lookout platform. We ran along the walkway until we got to the platform. Sure enough, there were white pelicans bobbing around in the rushing waters.
WHITE PELICANS
SPILLWAYS FOR HYDROELECTRIC USE
I had never seen a fully white pelican. The ones that I am accustomed to seeing are gray or brown. The white ones are larger and meatier. I would imagine they have to be if they stay here all year. It gets COLD in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area during the winter months.
We continued our run and our no rain window was quickly closing. We had timed it well and we made it to the car just minutes before it started raining hard.
We returned to Lewis and the girls and settled in for a bit. The weather promised to improve so we just waited it out.
Later in the day, we got the girls out for a short walk and then we headed to Green Bay to check out Lambeau Field.
Lambeau is iconic. The Packers still play outside in the sometimes frigid weather of Green Bay.
The 1967 Ice Bowl is an example.
The 1967 National Football League Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1][2]
It determined the NFL's champion, which met the AFL's champion in Super Bowl II, then formally referred to as the second AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The Dallas Cowboys (9-5), champions of the Eastern Conference, traveled north to meet the Western champion Green Bay Packers (9–4–1), the two-time defending league champions. It was a rematch of the previous year's title game, and pitted two future Hall of Fame head coaches against each other, Tom Landry for the Cowboys and Vince Lombardi for the Packers.
Also, the Packers are owned by the public.
There is no Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder in Green Bay. Instead, the Packers are publicly traded, with a total of 112,158 shareholders owning 4,750,937 shares inGreen Bay Packers Incorporated. It's a much sounder model for pro sports ownership, as almost every franchise would benefit from being owned by their fans.
I'll bet there will not be one single Green Bay Packer player, coach, assistant, fan, etc....taking a
knee during our anthem. It just will not be tolerated.
The complex that is Lambeau is a great sports venue. We will be returning in a couple of weeks
for a Packers game.
We finished our visit with a late lunch/early dinner and headed back to the RV. The weather
was breaking and we were treated to a beautiful sky.
We'd had a good day.
Tomorrow is September 11th, 2016. It has been 15 years. Never Forget.
Another great day in this thing we call life.
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