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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...
The Fall Migration and Other Bird Watching
To hear the call prompts us to look skyward, to run to the nearest clearing where we might glimpse the v-shaped flock as it cuts a geometric line through the air. It’s our own signal to make ready for the spectacle of fall and the onset of winter. The Upper...
The Arrival of Fall Colors
A hickory nut plummets to earth and ricochets off a bed of crisp leaves and Riley jumps at the sound. This rustle of leaves usually portends a fruitless chase of squirrel or deer but Riley only stands perplexed.Signs of the impending gold rush of color are...
Driftless Wisconsin Artists
On September 18 and 19, the sixth-annual Driftless Area Art Festival celebrates that artistry at Soldiers Grove along the banks of the Kickapoo River, a setting seemingly plucked from the canvas of the landscapes on display. Eighty visual artists will exhibit – and...
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