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Green Bay Trains and Gardens
07 July 2023 – Friday 0830 56,763 62°F Leave Wine A Lot, an excellent Harvest Host spot. 0900 Green Bay, Wisconsin Beth dropped me off at the National Railroad Museum, before she headed to the Botanical Garden. The museum has three exhibits I really wanted to see. The engine and two cars used by General…
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Flight Innovation and Wine
06 July 2023 – Thursday Today we visit the EAA museum and spend the night at Wine a Lot wine pub. 0847 46,613 66°F Leave Verona, WI After a fun visit with our son and daughter-in-law we began wandering towards Maine. 0152 56,714 70°F Oshkosh, WI Several friends have recommended visiting the Experimental Aircraft Association…
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North Carolina to Wisconsin – Day 2
14 June 2023 Today we travel from Beckley, WV to FMCA Headquarters in Cincinnatti, Ohio. We were up early investigating options for a replacement propane hose. The mining heritage here helped us out. Mining requires heavy equipment with hydraulic hoses, so there is an infrastructure of shops that can make hoses on demand. We called…
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Sparta to Elroy Rail Trail
01 July 2023 – Saturday 0937 56,471 74°F Leave Camp Sawaka 1002 56,479 76°F Norwalk, Wisconsin Parking for the 32 mile long Sparta-Elroy Rail Trail. Here’s the text from the official state sign… ” This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from “rail to trail”…
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Tiny Sturgeon and Oversized Creatures
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…
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Making Mussels at Blackhawk Park
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.…