Last weekend I made my first trip back to Milwaukee alone in a car. It is always nice to come back to the city and go see places that were once familiar to you. My favorite place at home is the Milwaukee Pier. In St. Louis we basically just have the Mississippi River, so there is not much to see let alone swim! Lake Michigan can get kind of gross in the summer, but if you look past that, I consider it one of the most beautiful great lakes.