June 9, 2007 Visit to Lodi...Wisconsin

I thought it would be fun to visit the SPAM Museum. How many people go there?? Well, apparently, quite a few. There really isn't that much to see inside, the history of how the Hormel family started making ham and creating SPAM for the soldiers. How Hawaiians LOVE SPAM....and the ever popular Monty Python "Spamalot" that was created for Broadway. There was a trivia game that I participated in...but it took me forever to win. I bought some cool socks and then we were off.... to LODI...Wisconsin.



Many many years ago when I was about 14 or 15 years old I visited Lodi with my parents. It is the Home of Susie the Duck. Okay...the big deal here is that there is a corner that exists that is similar to one in Lodi, CA (my hometown). In CA I lived near Sunset Dr. and Lodi Ave. In WI they have Lodi St. and Sunset Ave. When I visited with my folks, I had taken a picture of my dad standing on that corner and it later appeared in the Lodi News Sentinel. So I thought it would be fun to revisit that corner and take a new photo. Little did I know that I would be greated by the nastiest neighbor in Lodi, WI. She asked me what I was doing and then told me "You can leave now". I was rather taken aback. I told her I wasn't taking pictures of her...although I wasn't aware that Chris took this photo. Anyway...we got the photo I wanted and later, a NICE neighbor came out and welcomed us and oggled over the car and I felt better about my new visit back in Lodi.