These photos were taken on June 25, 2013 in Monroe. I took a day off from work and we drove to Monroe to walk around, have lunch and then do the Minhas Brewery tour. It was overcast and looked like rain for most of the day, so the photos are a little dark. We walked around the square before lunch – not sure what the significance of the painted wooden figures is, but they were fun. We stopped by Turner Hall but they weren’t open for lunch on that day, so we ate at the Suisse Haus nearby and it was good. After lunch we did the brewery tour; sadly no photos are permitted on the actual tour, but I will say that it is one of the best brewery tours I’ve been on. And the “tasting room” is a lot of fun too.

These are some photos from a bike trip I did on September 2, 2012 from New Glarus to Monroe and back. I rode on the Sugar River State Trail from New Glarus to just past Monticello and then turned onto the Badger State Trail to ride to Monroe. In Monroe I visited Twining Park, which is adjacent to the trail and then rode downtown to see some of the sights, including the courthouse.

The ride back always seems shorter because it is more or less downhill, at least from Monroe to Monticello. When I got back to New Glarus, I put the bike on the car and drove to the New Glarus Brewing Company’s tasting room for a beer before heading home.