Category Archives: Places to Go

We packed up on Monday morning and headed toward home, but we made one last vacation stop at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center in Warrens. The Discovery Center was pretty much all there was to the town. It is located … Continue reading →

Sunday dawned gray and rainy — again. I didn’t want to spend an entire day sitting in the cabin, so I made plans to head for the nearest town, Black River Falls. Most of my friends decided to come along. … Continue reading →

You know those fiberglass statues you see out in front of businesses and museums — like Deke Slayton and Ben Bikin’? Chances are they were manufactured at F.A.S.T. Corp in Sparta, Wisconsin. The yard behind the plant is littered with … Continue reading →

No two people go through museums at the same pace, and I definitely went through the Deke Slayton Space and Bicycle Museum faster than those members of our group who sat down in the kiddie section and colored. I wandered … Continue reading →

I was planning on driving the 40 miles to Sparta to see this museum even if I had to go by myself. But when Saturday dawned gray and wet, it wasn’t difficult to convince most of my fellow-campers to tag … Continue reading →