Listing Through Life

Our next stop was M. Schettl Sales in Oshkosh. It won’t be easy to describe this place, but I’ll try. Basically, its a home supply store — think plumbing, paint, kitchen cabinets, electrical appliances — that then got totally out of control and weird. Inside and outside the buildings there are hundreds of … things. More precise, I can’t get. You’ll get some idea from these photos.

This cat was wandering about amongst the confusing at M. Schettl Sales. I picked it up and put it in the chair, hoping to get a quick photo before it jumped down. In fact, I got several photos and a couple videos and then had to dump it out of the chair. It had made itself at home.

On our way to a short weekend trip to Northern Wisconsin, we stopped at the Wade House Historic Site. We took a short carriage ride to the house and were guided through those parts of it not packed with school groups.

The stage that used to run between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It currently sits in the visitor center at the Wade House.

It was about half a mile from the visitor center to the Wade House. We could have walked, but we opted for the carriage ride. The horses are Percherons.

We visited the Wade House many years ago on a day that was so hot the carriage rides weren’t available for fear the horses would overheat.

Agnes gave us our tour of the inside of the inn.

In the blacksmith shop, an enthusiastic man showed us how to make a hook. I think it was probably the only thing he knew how to make. His talk included this line: “Notice the items on this table. Each of them has a shape.” We noticed, and he was correct.

We caught a carriage back to the visitor center and toured the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum. The vehicles were beautiful, the room was dark, the photographs are grainy.

Those short runners are called “bobs,” which makes this a bobsleigh. Now I know.