Category Archives: wisconsin
Mustard Museums in the U.S. and U.K.
Several years ago, my friend Suzette (not quite her real name but she’ll always be Suzette to me) and I made a pilgrimage to the Mount Horab Mustard Museum in Mount Horab, Wisconsin and were entertained (and amused) by the … Continue reading
milwaukee – serbian food, sausages, santiago calatrava
Friends are going to Milwaukee for a college visit to Marquette U. so here are a few suggestions of things to do/see/eat: – Three Brothers – a Old World Serbian restaurant in a neighborhood just north of the airport. Yes … Continue reading
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Odds and ends from West Central Wisconsin
In Sparta, we ate at Angelini’s – a nothing fancy but good old-fashioned Italian restaurant downtown that was packed on a Saturday night and makes a good tomato meat sauce and has good thin crust pizza. One minor quibble – … Continue reading
Canoeing via the Titanic on the Kickapoo River in Wisconsin
We inadvertently picked the best day to canoe on the Kickapoo River in southwest Wisconsin last week – a Monday. We were going to go on Sunday – when it would no doubt be crowded – but the weather wasn’t … Continue reading
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When we return to west-central Wisconsin – what to do
I always seem to return home from a trip with things I didn’t do but want to remember to do during our next visit. So here’s some of those for West-Central Wisconsin: – bike on the 25-mile Great River State … Continue reading
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How to find the best backroads in Wisconsin
For some reason, we could not get a Wisconsin map at any of the tourist offices we visited while there last weekend – and we tried several. Perhaps it’s part of some budget cutback? Anyway, it forced us to rely … Continue reading
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Sparta-Elroy/Elroy-Sparta Trail in Wisconsin
Turned out to be my dream trail! We rode the trail on a sunny Saturday in July from Kendall to Sparta, about 31 miles when you add various excursions to explore little towns and shops along the trail. The trail … Continue reading
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A tale of two beds – in western Wisconsin
Just back from a great trip to southwestern/west-central Wisconsin where the difference in the two places that we stayed may best be described as a tale of two beds. The first bed appeared to be as old as the historic … Continue reading
trempealeau hotel
Well I booked the last room this old hotel has for the evening – $40 and sharing a bathroom – but figured worth a try and more interesting certainly than our other dirt cheap options for one night (i.e. the … Continue reading
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Off to bike/canoe in southwest Wisconsin!
We’re finally leaving tomorrow for three days in southwest Wisconsin around La Crosse, spending one day riding the famous Sparta-Elroy trail and the next maybe canoeing on the Kickapoo River or driving north on the Mississippi to re-visit towns like … Continue reading
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