This week found us in Wisconsin, home of the world famous cheese. California may have “happy cows” but in Wisconsin it’s serious business. In just one cheese factory we visited they had over 50 varieties of cheese. That’s a lot of cheese to cut! Know how to tell if a cheese curd is fresh? It squeaks when you chew it. Believe me I now know the difference and only fresh cheese curds for me from now on!
Riding the Ducks – When it comes to seeing the Wisconsin Dells, nothing else wil
l do but to ride the Ducks. I’m not talking about our feathered friends but 60 year old amphibian vehicles originally designed for use by the military during World War 2. These 7 ton rides have a top speed of 50 MPH on ground and 10 in water. The tour covers over 8 miles of fern covered dells, deep dark forests, narrow canyons and a cruise down th
e Wisconsin River with it’s towering sandstone cliffs. Perhaps one of the highlights of the trip was when the driver told everyone to turn around and look back at the house we had just passed. As we all craned our necks to look he explained that the house was nothing special he just wanted us to experience looking out of the rear end of a duck! What a view!
Architecture Wisconsin style
– we visited a couple of famous houses while in Wisconsin. One was the “House on the Rocks”. This home is hard to describe, built by an eccentric on top of a cliff has views forever. The house is full of collections of stained glass, musical machines and antiques. The infinity room is particularly amazing, an 
unsupported room sticking out 218 feet, soaring 156 feet above the valley floor. In order to provide a bit of balance, we next visited the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is one of the most well known architecture examples in the world. The Mecca for Frank Lloyd Wright fans.
Concert on the Square in beautiful Downtown Baraboo – You know how much we enjoy evening concerts, especially free ones. So when we saw there was to be a free concert at the town square we couldn’t resist. The guest band for the evening, The Hank Thunander Band! What you have never heard of Hank Thunander? Well it’s truly amazing what one can do with an accordion. Hank together with a guitar player and drummer played a repertoire of ethnic, big band, old-time favorites and variety music for 2 hours. Without a doubt the crowd favorite was the polka medley. What else would you expect to find in Wisconsin but a guy with an accordion playing polkas. Ahh, savor the local spice!
Road Revelation #10 – STOP means stop! We were in the process of leaving the campground when our route took us through an area where the cars were parked a bit out on the street. I tried to miss them, really. Now don’t jump to conclusions, I didn’t hit anything but when Mellie said to STOP, I though the view in my mirrors seems to indicate I had enough room. The need to stop finally sunk in (supported by several campers hollering and pointing) I was about 2 inches from hitting a tree trunk with the trailer steps. Through God’s grace, a bit of backing up and three campers moving their cars we were able to safely pass without consequences. So when you hear STOP, you better!
Riding the Ducks – When it comes to seeing the Wisconsin Dells, nothing else wil
l do but to ride the Ducks. I’m not talking about our feathered friends but 60 year old amphibian vehicles originally designed for use by the military during World War 2. These 7 ton rides have a top speed of 50 MPH on ground and 10 in water. The tour covers over 8 miles of fern covered dells, deep dark forests, narrow canyons and a cruise down th
e Wisconsin River with it’s towering sandstone cliffs. Perhaps one of the highlights of the trip was when the driver told everyone to turn around and look back at the house we had just passed. As we all craned our necks to look he explained that the house was nothing special he just wanted us to experience looking out of the rear end of a duck! What a view!Architecture Wisconsin style
– we visited a couple of famous houses while in Wisconsin. One was the “House on the Rocks”. This home is hard to describe, built by an eccentric on top of a cliff has views forever. The house is full of collections of stained glass, musical machines and antiques. The infinity room is particularly amazing, an 
unsupported room sticking out 218 feet, soaring 156 feet above the valley floor. In order to provide a bit of balance, we next visited the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is one of the most well known architecture examples in the world. The Mecca for Frank Lloyd Wright fans.Concert on the Square in beautiful Downtown Baraboo – You know how much we enjoy evening concerts, especially free ones. So when we saw there was to be a free concert at the town square we couldn’t resist. The guest band for the evening, The Hank Thunander Band! What you have never heard of Hank Thunander? Well it’s truly amazing what one can do with an accordion. Hank together with a guitar player and drummer played a repertoire of ethnic, big band, old-time favorites and variety music for 2 hours. Without a doubt the crowd favorite was the polka medley. What else would you expect to find in Wisconsin but a guy with an accordion playing polkas. Ahh, savor the local spice!
Road Revelation #10 – STOP means stop! We were in the process of leaving the campground when our route took us through an area where the cars were parked a bit out on the street. I tried to miss them, really. Now don’t jump to conclusions, I didn’t hit anything but when Mellie said to STOP, I though the view in my mirrors seems to indicate I had enough room. The need to stop finally sunk in (supported by several campers hollering and pointing) I was about 2 inches from hitting a tree trunk with the trailer steps. Through God’s grace, a bit of backing up and three campers moving their cars we were able to safely pass without consequences. So when you hear STOP, you better!
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