Northwood's Country

A much needed get away trip in the motorhome was just what we needed – our first mini trip since arriving in Wisconsin on May 7.  After initially getting home we were busy with family commitments.  And in between that, cleaning up the motorhome from our winter traveling and working on our home so that we were able to get it put back on the market for this summer’s rush.  (NOT!  It’s pretty quiet so we hope buyer traffic does pick up once the really nice weather arrives.  I think everyone is having lots of rain and cooler weather.)

For this trip, we had arranged to meet our friends, Janet and Bill, in Black River Falls WI, but Janet who is an RN had to work the weekend so Bill was able to meet us for dinner on that Saturday.  Black River Falls is not too far from where we live – about an hour and a half driving time.  In fact, we put a total of 209 miles round trip on the motorhome on this 3 day trip.  Towing the Jeep helped so that we could bum around the town of Black River Falls which helped in between the rain that we had that weekend.

We made a reservation at Lost Falls Campground which is nestled on 58 acres along the lower Black River.  Because it has been so wet – and it rained almost all day on Saturday – we made the most of it by getting in the Jeep to investigate what the local merchants had to offer.  The Merchant General Store was a “blast from the past” with old time candy, glass bottled soda pops, antiques and more.  We went tubing on Sunday (after a rainy Saturday) and got eaten up by the gnats, but had some bug dope to ward them off.  Don’t think it was water repellent though!

   With all of the trees, everyone was getting bombarded by mosquitos and gnats.  Where’s the bug spray!!!

    Enjoying a Mexican restaurant with our friend, Bill catching up on everything.

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The picture above is the road that takes you down to the river that has a very nice sandy beach to the river.  No fish this time around but we still had a good time with our fly rods.  For Kay, practice makes perfect.   The picture on the right is the campground’s namesake – “Lost Falls” which dumps into the Black River.

 

We decided to meander through the countryside on our way back home.  Driving along the bluffs of the Mississippi there were a few S curves that the driver had to keep his eyes on the road.  We have so much fun together on our travels no matter how short they may be.  And to finish it up right, we stopped at the Nelson Creamery to get some of their delicious home made ice cream.  What a treat . . . Praline Pecan!

Until next time . . . keeping it real!

Hugs ~ Kay and Jeff