i have been in far northern Wisconsin, in Door County, and in southern Wisconsin, but I hadn’t ever been in central Wisconsin near where we are now. A few random thoughts.
1. This place is GREEN. Really, really green. Forests all over the place. Christmas tree farms in large numbers. Green.
2. There are lots and lots of vegetable farms here. Huge storage buildings for potatoes. Canning companies. Fields of green beans. Yup, vegetables all over. The soil is very sandy.
3. There are Amish in the area. We saw two men driving two horses each while cutting hay. We saw another man driving three horses while plowing. Another man was driving two horses down the road while pulling a baler. There are Amish quilt shops, produce stands (not open yet), and home bakeries advertising along the road. I took no pictures, respecting the Amish dislike for photographs,
4. There are lakes and wide spots in the rivers with shorelines covers with cabins and houses. Lots of water, lots of boats, lots of fishing paraphernalia. There is also a lot of good fishing for eating. I ate lunch at a diner in Hancock, and the six fillets of blue gills I had were huge and very good.
5. This place is at least as humid as Iowa, and maybe more so. Temperatures in the upper 70s felt much, much worse because of the humidity. I had thought about bringing the grandkids back here for a vacation, but I think I would melt in the middle of summer.