Spring has arrived in Driftless Wisconsin

Driftless Wisconsin

Spring has arrived in Driftless Wisconsin. Yes, the calendar has turned to April, but nature shows little obligation to schedules. We have seen winter sneak into April before. So we look for signs. Out for my walk up the hill, I found sufficient evidence of spring’s...

Christmas Traditions in Driftless Wisconsin

Driftless Wisconsin, Driftless Wisconsin Events

My memories of Christmas begin with lutefisk and lefse, the Norwegian feast my mother made each year to celebrate my father’s Scandinavian heritage. The smell of lutefisk – a cod cured in lye – wafting through the house on Christmas Eve sent me in the opposite...

Driftless Wisconsin as seen from the Mississippi River

Driftless Wisconsin

If there’s a more relaxing way to take in the scenery of Southwest Wisconsin than from a boat on the Mississippi River, I’d challenge you to find it. Towering bluffs and shear limestone outcroppings rise from the river’s edge like cathedrals that frame the Driftless...

Wisconsin historical attractions open

Driftless Wisconsin

May brings thoughts of summer to Driftless Wisconsin. It also brings the opening of Wisconsin historical attractions throughout the region. In turn, these fascinating sites open our understanding of the new frontier that beckoned our ancestors to Driftless...

Season of Change

Driftless Wisconsin

Driftless Wisconsin is in transition, which gives us more to look forward to than a mere chill. Autumn leaves, plucked from branches by recent rains and scattered by the wind, now blanket the land in a muted second color season. Late fall has arrived and there’s...