Ski, slide, skate, snowmobile ? then find some hot cocoa and a crackling fireplace. That's the surefire cure for cabin fever, and here's your guide to winter weekend excitement throughout the Badger State. Twenty-one complete itineraries show you what to see and do, and where to eat and sleep. Includes listings of winter festivals statewide.
Includes trips in Wisconsin to: Merrill; Milwaukee; Couderay; Appleton; Spring Green; White Lake; Madison; Ashippun; Mineral Point; Cambridge; Bayfield; Baraboo; Oshkosh; the southwestern area;Eagle; Lake Geneva; West Allis; Elkhart Lake; Hayward; Manitowoc; the car ferry from Manitowoc to Ludington, Michigan; New Glarus and Mount Horeb; the eastern shore of Lake Michigan; Horicon; Statewide;Chetek; Blue Mounds; along the Mississippi in western Wisconsin; Fond du Lac; Hubertus; Cedarburg; North Freedom; St. Germain; Delavan; Kohler; Prairie du Chien, and Prairie du Sac.
For more than 40 years, the editors of Wisconsin Trails magazine have roamed the Badger State searching for the best it has to offer. Here they reveal their favorite getaways and their most exciting discoveries. It's a season-by-season guide to everything wild, wacky and wonderful in Wisconsin.
Do you want to escape from everyday life's fast pace and spend a romantic weekend with your sweetheart? Author Christine des Garennes reveals the secret places to kindle your romance. Discover 21 very special 3-day itineraries from exclusive, adults-only resorts to hard to find hideaways. Be pampered with double-whirlpool bathtubs and glowing fireplaces, restaurants with great wine lists and soft candlelight, intimate carriage rides, hot air balloons and more.
Descriptions of 20 vacation spots located in every area of the state; listings of things to see and do in each of those spots; recommendations on where to eat and places to stay; rainy day ideas;great winter escapes; puzzles and games to keep kids occupied while in the car.
Every title in this action-packed travel series offers four full seasons of fun-- 52 weekends in all! There is something for everyone here--romantic getaways for couples, vigorous activities for families, and outdoor adventures for seekers of sun and fresh air. Travelers find out how to plan trips and make the best use of their weekends all year long.
Have you ever heard a wolf howl in Wisconsin's Northwoods, watched thousands of ancient sturgeon roil the waters of one of the largest inland lakes in the United States, or tagged a monarch butterfly before it begins one of the world's great migrations to its winter habitat in Mexico? Travel Wild Wisconsin is your seasonal guide to genuine wildlife encounters with an amazing array of birds, mammals, fish, and insects in Wisconsin's most beautiful natural settings: state wildlife areas, rivers, lakes, flowages, and preserves as well as national wildlife refuges and forests. Wisconsin native Candice Gaukel Andrews shares natural history and lore, accounts of her own experiences with Wisconsin wildlife, and insights from biologists, environmental educators, and citizen scientists, so that you can seek a wildlife encounter of your own. So come spy on the spring courtship dance of the greater prairie chicken, search for elusive and elegant white-tailed deer in summer, touch a tiny saw-whet owl on one special day in autumn, and thrill to the sound of thousands of tundra swans as they migrate through the Mississippi Flyway just before the first snow falls. Make this the year you Travel Wild Wisconsin.
Take a trip back in time through Wisconsin's past with this useful guide. Historic places, people and events come to life in the delightful period photography featured. Included is information on where to stay and dine. For Wisconsin travelers and history buffs alike.
