eHeart: US - Wisconsin

Thursday, October 26, 2017

US - Wisconsin

A wide waterfall - Willow Falls in Willow River State Park, the day use fee for the park is $11 per car.

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in St Croix Falls. Originally, there was a series of rapids in the river through here, but a dam was constructed. They recently had a lot of rain up-river, so water was overflowing the dam, making it look like a beautiful horseshoe waterfall.

We stopped at Meyers Beach and Little Sand Bay, sub-centers of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore area but they only open during peak season.

So beautiful with all the red leaves on the tree.

一路的樹葉

盡展姿色

然後

大葉小葉落地懷

秋顏

The staff of the visitor center in Bayfield disappointed those who came in to get the National Parks Passport stamp. She said the stamp was out for some event and hadn't been returned yet.

There was a 3 1/4 hours cruise tour ($39.95 per adult) at 2pm that day, but Steve didn't want to wait 2 hours for the cruise.

Hmm.. now that I look at their brochure, I think the cruise to see the islands views must be beautiful.

The islands are in Lake Superior, one of the five Great Lakes.

We stopped at a store, where the owner told us about the Northern Great Lakes visitor center, so I finally got another stamp.

The top of the building has a 360 degree observation deck, with telescopes to view the surrounding landscape.

Oh... a lighthouse which we couldn't see with just our eyes.

Ashland has been named Historic Mural Capital of Wisconsin. We didn't really go to look for all the Mural walls.

Anclam Park and Beach has many benches as memorials. Beautiful place to sit and enjoy Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes.

A tractor taking us across a path, just below the water surface, to Cana Island.

Can you see me waving from the top of the lighthouse?

To visit the Cana Island and go up in the Lighthouse is $12.

We drove until the end of Northport (there is a ferry to Washington Island). What did Steve buy in the gifts shop?

Sister Bay has some tourist attractions, those goats on the roof are real!

看到屋頂上的羊，我以為是假的，羊走動吃屋頂上的草時。。。驚呼，是真羊呀！

I opened my birthday gift.. ah... heart shaped little clay and glass dish and wood trivet.

那由一小♡一小♡木做的大♡真的很特别。The ♡ trivet is made of small wood hearts, it is unique.

Birthday gifts with a trip. Thank you 相公

We stopped at Minominee Park in Oshkosh.

These two huge pumpkins attracted me when we drove past. I requested Steve make a U-turn and go back.

The pumpkins are 870 and 1156.5 lbs. The shop keeper said these were not even the biggest in the competition.

Decorative pumpkins and Indian corn, traditional fall decorations.

I tried their raspberry fry pie, which was good.

When we arrived at Wisconsin Dells, we found that there were two different boat tours; the Upper Dells and the Lower Dells.

We took the Upper Dells Boat tour. A 2 hours tour for $30 per adult.

The canyons and cliffs are awesome.

Steve forgot to pack long pants for the trip, he is cool.

A 19th century photographer, H. H. Bennett took a picture of his son leaping across Stand Rock. This was at a time when shutter photography was still fairly new.

Now they trained a German Shepherd to jump across the 5 foot gap to entertain the tourists.

Wisconsin Dells on the Wisconsin River (not the Wisconsin Dells amusement park). The tour guide said the strange green water color is due to algae in the river, which thrives because of fertilizer run-off from farms in the area.

Mostly we went in Culver's during this trip. Steve likes their food. We didn't find any nice restaurants around, so we went to this Denny's Classic Diner for my birthday meal.

We needed gas to continue our journey from Wisconsin Dells, and Steve saw this dinosaur at a gas station! He had to get a picture of it and they got our business.