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Covered Bridge Festival

October 16, 2023 / / 2 Comments

We travelled to southern Indiana to partake in the Covered Bridge Festival of Parke County. We are staying at a small campground Pam found on Hipcamp: Happy Campers Campground in Brazil, Indiana. They only have 4 sites, but they are nice.

Happy Camper Campground – Site 1

In total, there are 31 covered bridges in the county laid out nicely on this map. There are 5 colored routs you can take to see all of them. We only visited around 20 bridges in 3 days. They all start to look the same after 10. The drive around the county is beautiful. Narrow tree lined roads – many gravel – with lots of old farms and rolling hills.

There are 10 festival locations in small towns across the county where community organizations and vendors offer crafts, food, and unique items.

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Mirror Lake

October 5, 2023 / / 0 Comments

After the family reunion in Barneveld, WI, we traveled back to Mirror State Park for 4 nights. We met up with Terry & Kirk Atkinson again.

We took the Upper Dells Boat Tour which was great. The tour travels the Wisconsin River above the dam in Wisconsin Dells. We cruised the channel cut by ancient glaciers, passing under pine-crowned cliffs, through the Narrows and past iconic sandstone formations. We had 2 shore landings: Witches Gulch — a dramatic and spooky walk through a passage carved by wind and water — and Stand Rock — a towering pillar of sandstone that’s home to the famous “Leaping the Chasm“, which a dog reenacted for us.

We had dinner and drinks at Tumbled Rock Brewery & Kitchen – Fantastic drinks and food. Highly recommend it. Pam and Terry fell in love with the “Champane Cosmo” and it huge gobble style cut glass.

We had lunch at the Ravina Bay Bar & Grill. The setting was beautiful and there was a bald eagle flying overhead, but the food was just okay.

We had dinner at Ishnala Supper Club and it was fantastic (again). We took inspiration to make and test Old Fashions with 4 different alcohols – Ishnala Brandy, Christian Brothers Brandy, Cognac and Burbon. All were good.

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Baraboo Rally

October 5, 2023 / / 0 Comments

In early October, we attended the Airstream Wisc-UP Rally in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Our 3rd rally of the year. There was good attendance with over 20 trailers. We stayed at the Skillet Creek Campground on the south side of Baraboo.

On Friday, we took care of official business and elected new officers:

We then toured the Al Ringling Museum with the Al Ringling Brewery attached. This is the only museum tour we have ever taken where you can take a beer with you! The tour was interesting and afterwards, we had dinner in the beer hall. The circus organ is amazing.

Saturday, we visited the Ski-Hi Apple orchard in the morning where they have a huge gift stop and great baked goods baked on site. In the afternoon, we visited the Mid-Continent Railway Museum where we took a 7-mile (round trip) train ride through the countryside.

On Sunday, small group of us toured the Al Ringling Theater. Truly outstanding; you need to take this tour if you are in town. Called America’s Prettiest Playhouse
built in 1915. Al. Ringling Theatre is a treasure of rare quality. Magnificent and richly designed in the style of grand French opera houses, the theatre is a masterpiece of European architecture.

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DeTour Village, Michigan

September 23, 2023 / / 0 Comments

We spent our last 2 days in the western UP at Paradise Point RV Park in DeTour Village, Michigan. This is a new, small campground on the St. Marys River on the furthest most point of the UP. Right before Drummond Island. The owners are doing a great job, and everything is well maintained and done properly. A bit expensive at $65/night.

Not a lot to do here if you don’t fish or hunt or ride 4 wheelers. But it is very peaceful and relaxing. We drove to Cedarville and had lunch at the Les Cheneaux Distillers and Brewery. Food was good and so was their beer. We did not taste any of their distilled products.

We now head back to the Twin Cities for warranty service on our awning (again) on Wednesday. Replacing our awning motor that shorted out and replacing our LP tanks because the sensors stopped working.

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Green Bay, Wisconsin

September 10, 2023 / / 0 Comments

We spent 4 days in Green Bay on our way to the UP of Michigan. We stayed at the Brown County Reforestation Camp Campground. A well-run government campground. Large sites and nice amenities.

Our first day we toured Title Town and then took the 2-hour Legendary Stadium Tour. Fantastic. We saw the entire stadium including the Visitors Locker Room, Broadcast Booth, a couple of suites and the roof. We then went out the tunnel to the field.

We watched the first half of the Packers / Bears game at Lambeau field / 1919 Kitchen & Tap. We watched the second half at the Hinterland Brewer in Title Town.

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