Early morning rain didn't stop us. Although we find it, much harder to load the Escape onto the dolly when the ramps are wet. Took Nancy three tries to get it to go up the ramp and stop on the platform. But finally we got the Escape loaded and secured to the dolly.We headed out on Wednesday morning right after the rain. And with in a few hours we met up with Nancy's brother Jim and his wife Mary in the town of Antigo. From there we planned to travel farther north. Our destination is Hayward for a few days to see the attractions in the area. The second part of our trip we will traveling on to Chippewa Falls for some of the same.
We had a bite to eat before heading back on the road.
Northward bound again, it was right around the town of Prentise that Nancy noticed that the trees are starting to turn. There are swatches of bright reds and oranges peaking out from their foliage.
Nancy just loves the colors of fall. But is sad to think what these early colors mean, soon summer will be over and we will head south to our winter home. Don't get us wrong, we love our winter home, our friends there and all that Florida has to offer, but we will be leaving our families behind once again.
Sorry back to the subject at hand. We have just pulled into our first campground for this trip. A place called River Road Campground. Well if you are coming to Hayward Wisconsin for the northwoods camping, fishing and water fun, this is not the place for you. But now if you are like us. Looking for a place with 50/30 amp service, nice and flat pull through camp sites, great tasting water, friendly owners and close to attractions this is the place to stay. And as Nancy's brother Jim likes his directv it was easy for him to set up their portable dish.
Wednesday afternoon in down town Hayward.
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| Nancy's brother Jim and his wife Mary |
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Wedneday afternoon plan is to first stop at the Hook Stone Winery for a little wine tasting. While in downtown Hayward we found ourselves clowning around once we spotted this crazy moose chair out front of one of the shops. What a great place for a few snap shots . Then off we went to find Coop's Italian Restaurant for pizza.
Thursday morning we awoke to sunshine, looks like it is going to be a beautiful day for sightseeing. Mary prepares BBQ in the crock pot for tonights meal.
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| Musky statue is over 3 storys high |
First stop of the day is the Fishing Hall of Fame. Through out the Museum grounds, there are huge cement statues of different species of fish, and off in the distance we see the main statue which is more than 3 storys tall. It is really a building shaped like a huge Musky.
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| Jerry holds his arm up to show the size of the fish statues |
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| Nancy at entrance to musky statue |
Funny as I was taking the picture of the guys fish in the pool.
Inside the Musky statue there are three flights of stairs to the mouth. Wow what a climb.
But the view makes it well worth all the huffing and puffing that Mary, Jim and Nancy made during the climb.
Oh yeah we are all out of shape.
After leaving the fishing museum we stopped at roadside stand to get some sweet corn and tomatoes for tonights meal. Time to relax a little have some lunch before heading back into Hayward for the lumberjack show this afternoon.
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| two man saw contest |
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| log rolling contest |
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| log bridge race |
2PM and we are heading to the Lumberjack show. We arrive a bit early but the stands sure filled up fast. I took so many pictures it was hard to pick which to load to the blog. The four lumberjacks were very entertaining. They were not what we expected. Everyone always seem to think lumberjack are much older and big burly men. Not so here, young men who have won in the national lumberjack contest. Each has their own specialty of course. It was nice to see them compete against each other.
After the show.
We head back to camp for our even meal of the BBQ and sweet corn.
Good Wine, Good Food, Good Friends
What a nice end to the day!
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