Green Bay – Wandering Dawgs

State 44:

Welcome to the next post in my series highlighting states we have visited throughout the years. I hope you will enjoy coming along for the ride!

I will be featuring the states alphabetically. The next state in my series is

Wisconsin

Wisconsin became the 30th state on May 29, 1848. The Capital is Madison.

On one of our trips through Wisconsin we had truck trouble on Saturday of Easter Weekend. It was too early in the season for the Madison KOA to be officially open but they let us have a site for the weekend while we waited until we could get the truck serviced on Monday morning. The campground was next to a cheese shop that had a little more money in their till after I got finished stocking up on wonderful Wisconsin cheese!

On Easter Sunday our server at the Cracker Barrel was from Georgia and I learned they serve grits even as far north as Wisconsin. After our Easter breakfast we drove around downtown Madison for a look at the state capital. On Monday morning the truck repairs were done early enough to hitch up the fifth wheel and continue north to our next destination.

20070408Madison-(2) — State Capital in Madison, Wisconsin

As we traveled north from Madison the snow started coming down. We arrived at Apple Creek Campground in DePere and set up camp in the snow. They weren’t officially open yet but the owners were great and let us have a site for a couple of nights. Seeing Lambeau Field and the Door County Peninsula were on our Wisconsin bucket list and the campground was close to both.

20070409Snow-in-WI-(13) — We set up our RV in the snow in DePere

Jutting out into Lake Michigan is the Door County Peninsula. Our visit was during the off season and as we drove around the peninsula very few places were open. There was beautiful farmland and several lighthouses to visit.

2070410-2Door-County-(2) — Door County Peninsula

20070410-1Sherwood-Point-(1) — Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County Peninsula

20070410-3Eagle-Bluff — Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Door County Peninsula

20070410-5Cana-Island-Light-(8) — Cana Island

20070410-5Cana-Island-Light-(5) — Cana Island Light

20070410-6Baileys-Harbor-Lower-Range-Light-(3) — Baileys Harbor Lower Range Light is no longer in use

20070410-4lunch — Blondie got to put her feet in Lake Michigan

On the way back to the campground we stopped in Green Bay to see Lambau Field, the home field of the NFL Green Bay Packers.

20070410-7Lambau-Field-(1) — The fans love their Green Bay Packers

20070410-7Lambau-Field-(9) — Inside the Lambeau Field Atrium

On another of our trips we camped beside the Mississippi River at Grant River Corps of Engineers in Potosi, Wisconsin, population 711 in 2009. While we were enjoying lunch in the outdoor beer garden at the Potosi Brewery we watched as the town was preparing for their first annual Brewfest. The National Brewer’s Museum is located at the brewery. Also nearby was an interesting Grotto in Dickyville.

20090820Grant-River-COE-(5) — We looked across at Iowa from the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River

20090820Grant-River-COE-(25) — Grant River COE on the Mississippi River

20090820Grant-River-COE-(19) — Sunset over the Mississippi River at Grant River COE

20090820Grant-River-COE-(23) — Our campsite was very close to the train tracks

20090822Potosi-(16) — Good Old Potosi Beer

20090822Potosi-(7) — Springs at the Potosi Brewery

20090821Field-of-Dreams-(55) — Grotto in Dickeyville, Wisconsin

20090821Field-of-Dreams-(34) — Grotto in Dickeyville, Wisconsin

While camping at Viking Village RV Park near Stoughton we bought more wonderful Wisconsin cheese. I counted nine little Thirteen Lined Ground Squirrels running around behind our RV. There were also some Sandhill Cranes running across a field but they were too far away for a picture.