It has been another lovely day with temps in the mid 70s and no humidity to speak of. We are loving it after so long in that heatwave we had. Tonight it supposed to dip to the 50s! We'll take it, that's for sure.
We started about 45 minutes earlier than usual today and we arrived at our destination an hour later than our usual stopping time. We had almost 100 extra miles than a normal day for us due to not being able to find a place to stay. Rog is one pooped puppy tonight. Maggie rested, so she's wanting to play ball tonight.We crossed Wisconsin from the lower south eastern border at Dubuque, got to mid state near Madison and then headed due north as far as Tomahawk. We are about 10 miles east of there in a little town called Rhinelander and in a campground called Lake George Campground.
They don't see too many travelers here as it is a destination for city folks to come for the summer weekends. The office is also a tavern and when I went in to pay about 3pm there were customers already. About half the sites have small travel trailers sitting on them but no people around. It's mid-week and they will probably be arriving in droves on Friday so they were able to accommodate us tonight.
The campground has lake front property, although we are at the far back end through the woods away from the water - I think in the only site that we would fit in. It is a pull through. That's ok, we aren't here for the lake experience, but to rest for the night. Lots of mosquitoes. We are sitting in the woods and Rog has already decided we probably will get a bear visitor tonight. The place reminds us of a place we stayed in New York once and a place near Quakertown, PA. This is far nicer than both of them.We spotted a Camping World just outside of Madison and stopped so Rog could get spare parts for his sewer hose. When he did try and use the one he "fixed" with the new gasket it did leak. He had to stop his dumping, and jerry rig parts from spares to put together a hose long enough and that wouldn't leak. He now has backup for the next leak. It was close to lunch so we just sat in the shade of the RV and ate lunch in the parking lot. Maggie always likes going in Camping World. Everyone stops to talk to her and they have stacks of dog food bags to sniff. She behaved quite well in the store.
Observations from today's travels:
Wisconsin recycles, uses solar power and wind power and is very clean. There was hardly any litter at all along the roads.
The county roads in Wisconsin have letters instead of numbers. We saw HHH and an YZ and all kinds of other combos, but I don't know how many that the alphabet can make so they can name all their roads. I'm pretty positive this is the only state that does this. I did see a sign for two together - PB and L. I started looking for PB and J but never found it. It thought that would be a hoot to get a picture of that intersection. I only saw one barn quilt and it was close to the border. It must be an Iowa phenomena.
We were quite disturbed by the number of dead deer on the road. We must have seen at least a dozen. Raccoons seem to be the second most popular road kill and coyote running a distant third. Very distressing.
Rolling hills and big farms in the south turned to flatland, small farms and timber production in the north. Lots of logging going on. We saw some pretty distressed looking areas where the trees were all dying. There's a lot of industry around Madison. It is a beautiful state. Wonder how deep the snow gets??? I'm thinking a lot as we see Wisconsin plates in Arizona and California in the winter!! The afternoon was a bit boring as all I could see were trees.
We crossed the Wisconsin River five times today. It certainly meanders while the road goes straight north.
Tomorrow - Houghton, MI for four nights - maybe even five depending on how rested we get for the trip west and home from there.
P.S. I'm happy that I can post an entry tonight. The pics were slow coming in, but they did!
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