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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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Thomas Family Reunion

September 30, 2023 / / 2 Comments

The Thomas Family Reunion was held at the Thomas Stone Barn at the end of September. Over 35 family members from 4 generations showed up for a potluck lunch and to visit.

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End of Summer Update

September 24, 2023 / / 0 Comments

After taking the summer off blogging, I am back at it. We had a fun summer in and around Wisconsin. We stayed in Hudson and New Richmond most of the time – thanks Mom and the Boardmans!

We closed on our lake lot in early July – we are landowners again. We have not started any improvements yet; we are finalizing our building plans with the County now. Our plan is to get all the approvals and start construction in the spring.

This summer we had a bunch of shorter trips. Door County, Minnesota, Southwest Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan. We joined 3 Airstream rallies around the state; most of the blog posts are done if you want to look back at them.

We have 1 final local trip planned starting next week to Barneveld, Wisconsin for Pam’s Family Reunion. We will then spend a week in Baraboo with our friends Terry and Kirk and finish out with our final Wisc-UP Airstream rally.

Then, we are headed west (we think) on our way back to Arizonia. We have reserved Palm Creek for Christmas through the end of March.

Keep in touch!

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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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