Category: Camping

  • Tiny Sturgeon and Oversized Creatures

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    30 June 2023 – Friday Dinosaur Fish and Giant Fiberglass Molds 0830 De Soto, Wisconsin Blackhawk Park  First bike ride of the year! Rode 4.8 miles. Pedaled to the head of the island where we read this sad history of events here in 1832. note: You can double-click any image to make it larger. Yielded…

  • Making Mussels at Blackhawk Park

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    29 June 2023 – Thursday 0753  56,299 79°F  Leave Potosi, WI under smoky skies. This was our view at sunrise as one one of two campers spending the night at Potosi Brewing. The Mississippi River is 635 feet above sea level here in Potosi 0830  56,316  Cassville, WI Cassville Park was our first morning stop.…

  • Unexpected Grotto

    28 June 2023 – Wednesday After enjoying the morning in downtown Dubuque, we drove south to find a good hiking spot. 1443  56,272  81°F  Dubuque, Iowa Mines of Spain Interpretive Center A small bird and butterfly garden on the grounds serves as an example for folks that might want to have a garden of native…

  • Iowa Isn’t Flat

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    27 June 2023 — Tuesday Well, it isn’t all flat. Sharyn Jackson, in the Dubuque Register, wrote that Iowa “ranks as the 18th flattest state.” Here’s a link to the full article: Iowa Isn’t as Flat as You Think.  Can you guess what the flattest US state is?  The answer is at the end of this…

  • North Carolina to Wisconsin – Day 1

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    13 June 2023  NC to Wisconsin  Day 1 – Durham, NC to Beckley, WV Stopped to pick-up a recent map at the Virginia Welcome Center. Still love the VA tourism “I Love Virginia” theme. Virginia is thin here, so it was just an hour before we stopped at the West Virginia welcome center. We didn’t…

  • Reidsville Camping, Trails, and Trains

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    24 May 2023 1415  54,860  Leave Home 1541  54,931  Reidsville, NC Lake Reidsville City Park We’re here for an overnight stay and will wander home tomorrow. The park office and store offer a simple place to check-in and get supplies.  The forty-six sites here are priced at $28 for water and electric or $30 for…