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A Little Tranquility
I experienced that “new” feeling once. I was returning from a “vacation” in Florida, where bumper-to-bump traffic was the norm and every time you turned around, someone was standing in your shoes. After fighting airport crowds and searching the airport ramp for my...
Winter Fun
Our kids gave us snowshoes for Christmas and we’re still learning how to dance with flat-bottom boats tied to our feet. I can’t imagine a more efficient mode of navigating winter’s terrain, if you can dismiss for a moment the less than graceful image of me waddling...
Dreaming about Vacations
I’m wrapped in my wife’s quilt watching a ninth-tier bowl game. Riley, our golden retriever, is curled at my feet and Boris the cat sleeps sprawled over a heat vent. Seems like a good time to plan a warm-weather vacation. No, not Florida; Driftless Wisconsin, where...
Winter in Driftless Wisconsin
A recent snowstorm has rendered our secluded valley virtually unrecognizable and every trip home seems like a tour to an exotic land. Snow laden branches drape over the road, forming crystal-walled tunnels, while the hillsides are decorated with a phosphorescent white...
Romantic Getaways in Driftless Wisconsin
We did Boris, but you weren’t interested in our advice, which for cats, natives, and visitors alike, is to find a warm blanket and curl up, preferably with your beloved (for Boris, that’s Riley, our golden retriever, but that’s another story). Driftless Wisconsin has...
Holiday Events in Driftless Wisconsin
On November 26, Viroqua holds its annual Twinkle Fest Parade, an annual holiday kickoff celebration with Community Tree Lighting ceremony. The festivities will surely put you in the mood for Christmas shopping. VIVA Gallery features November guest Artist John...
Driftless Dining Experiences
The Optimo Café in the Viroqua Public Market qualifies in all three categories. Rustic tables, the original pressed tin ceiling, and a full-width storefront window to watch passersby creates an early twentieth century atmosphere as pleasing as their entrées. The...
State and County Parks
I wrote in a previous post that fall is my favorite time of year and that holds true well beyond the threshold of peak color. When more leaves are underfoot than overhead, the forest opens up, revealing details otherwise hidden from view. And absent the leafy wind...
Getting Lost and Finding Apples
Touring the labyrinth of county and township roads that wind their way along shifting rivers, through intersecting ravines, and around plunging hillsides leads to eventual departure from the world as you know it. As your compass needle spins in utter confusion and...
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