Midwest Adventurers

This event is open to everyone. At Wyalusing State Park, you can camp 500 feet above the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers. One of Wisconsin's oldest state parks, Wyalusing features family and group campsites, hiking trails, a canoe trail, Native American burial mounds, bird watching, fishing, boating, bicycling and picnicking on bluff top overlooks.

The park offers fun activities that includes 2 biking trails, kayakers and canoeists can enjoy the 6-mile canoe trail that starts at the boat landing and continues through the Mississippi River backwaters to the main channel. You will travel downstream (with the current) until you reach another area of backwater. This will lead you back to the boat landing. If renting a canoe/kayak, please call the concession stand at least one day prior to arrange an appointment. The concession stand phone number is 608-412-3534. A boat ramp is available in the park for launching boats, motorboats are permitted. The Mississippi and Wisconsin River backwaters offer excellent fishing for panfish, bass, northern pike and walleye. There's an accessible fishing pier at the boat landing. The park has more than 14 miles of hiking trails. Trails may vary in difficulty, steep climbs or descents and stairways may be encountered. Hunting and trapping are allowed in the open areas of the park during the Wisconsin state parks hunting and trapping time frame. In the wintertime the park offers a number of cross-country ski trails for all levels of skiing abilities. All trails except the ski trails are available for winter hiking and snowshoeing. A frozen waterfall at Pictured Rock Cave awaits those brave enough to walk or snowshoe from the park office on Homestead Camp Road to Sugar Maple Nature Trail. Frozen waterfalls can also be found at Big Sand Cave and Little Sand Cave located on Sand Cave trail near the old park office.

Weather
This is a summer trip, please check the weather forecast and come prepared for various temperatures, let’s hope for lots of sunshine!

Campsite
We will be camping at group site E on Friday and Saturday night. There will be picnic tables, fire pits and a vault toilet nearby. Buildings with showers and flush bathrooms can be walked to a little further away. Friendly dogs are always welcome.

Friday
Arrive at the campground any time after 3pm. Get your tent set up, have dinner and then maybe we can do a night hike or get some lights on the kayaks and take them out. Or go out for a Friday Fish Fry in town.

Saturday
This is your time to have some fun, go on a hike, take your bike out, go fishing, go out on your kayak. We can get together as a group and plan some fun activities together.

Sunday
Have breakfast, do some more exploring the activities of the park. We don’t have to leave the campsite until 1pm, you can still hang around the park afterwards for another whole other day of fun!

Fees
Your $15.00 meetup fee covers $10 in 2 nights of camping costs, $2 in Meetup fees and $3 in firewood. The fee DOES NOT cover personal equipment, food or any extra activities you want to do when you arrive at the campground. You will need a WI state pass to enter the state park. Please send your fee through Venmo @Sherri-Lockwood or you can send it through Zelle at 414-759-6317. Payment is due within 48 hours of signing up.

This is our 3rd time doing this event, we always have such a good time! This event is open to everyone. How does spending the day at a winery sampling great wine, browsing through all the cool wine accessories in the shop, walking through the Vineyard, eating lunch sitting outside while listening to fabulous music sound? Then heading over for some yard games, grilling out, drinks, socializing and then an optional hike in the morning sound?

Fawn Creek is a relaxing winery, nestled in the forest of Del Prairie, but on weekends, the quiet neck of the woods is transformed into the best music venue in Southwest Wisconsin. The music there for us to enjoy on Saturday will be Dan Soma, who plays contemporary folk, then after him is JJ Eckl who plays country.

Snack food will be available for purchase for lunch or you can bring your own and have a picnic while listening to the music. Leashed dogs are permitted on the ground but on grassy areas only, no dogs are permitted in the winery, on the decks or in the pavilions.

Saturday
Head on over to our place between 10 AM and 11 AM and get your tent set up then around noonish or when everybody is ready we will head over to the winery. Once we get there if you want to participate in the wine tasting, we can get everyone signed up. If you choose to partake in the tasting, there’s a five dollar fee you would pay Fawn Creek. We will stay there for most of the day and enjoy the music, the wine samples, shopping and touring the vineyards etc. When we are ready to leave we will head back over to our place. We will provide hotdogs and burgers for dinner. If you would like to bring something to share with everyone that would be great or if you prefer to just bring your own meal for dinner that is fine too.

If the sound of croaking frogs bothers you at night, please bring earplugs. We have ponds and a stream on the property and lots of frogs. We have two very friendly dogs and other friendly dogs are welcome to come with you. We only ask that you pick up after your dog.

Sunday
Enjoy the breakfast that you brought and for those who would like to, we can carpool and go on a morning hike over at Mirror Lake. You will need a Wisconsin park sticker to get in or you can pack up and head home.

Directions
This will be held at a private residence and the address will be given before the event. Both the residence and Fawn Creek Winery are located in Wisconsin Dells a few miles from each other.

Weather
This is a summer event please check the weather forecast and come prepared for various temperatures Let’s hope for sunshine!

Fees
This is a free event. You are responsible for any purchases at the winery. If you feel the need for me to hold your money so you don’t go crazy I can do that. 😁

This event is open to everyone. This popular park in northwest Wisconsin features spectacular views of Willow Falls and the Willow River Gorge. Prairie remnants, miles of scenic hiking trails, family and group campgrounds, lakeside picnic areas and a nature center are all found within 2,800 acres of rolling countryside. The centerpiece of the park is Willow Falls, a powerful cascade in a 200-foot deep gorge.

The park offers fun activities include biking with trails rated for beginner/intermediate and experienced riders. There is a swimming beach on Little Falls Lake, the Willow River is also accessible in many places. Boating, canoeing and kayaking are popular activities on Little Falls Lake. A boat launch is on the lake and rentals are available in season. Kayaking opportunities are available on the river. Other area lakes and the St. Croix River offer motorized boating opportunities. Fishing species such as panfish, bass and northern can be found below the dam. The Willow River is stocked with trout and fishing is available both above and below the lake bed. Trout fishing is best upstream of the waterfall. The park has 13 miles of hiking trails that vary in difficulty. The most popular hiking trail destination is Willow Falls and the scenic overlooks of the river valley. Trails vary in difficulty and not all trails are surfaced. Hunting and trapping are allowed in the open areas of the park during the Wisconsin state parks hunting and trapping time frame. The nature center is about 2 miles west of the park entrance next to the main picnic area. Explore the many hands-on displays and see live animals. Park naturalists host many interpretive programs throughout the year. In the wintertime the park has 2 miles of hard packed trails on the north side of the river available for pet owners and for activities like snowshoeing, dog sledding and hiking. The park’s 9 miles of cross-country ski trails on the south side of the river are groomed for skate and traditional stride style skiing. The Nature Center classroom is opened for use as a warming house on the weekends. Other winter activities include sledding, ice fishing and camping.

Weather
This is a summer trip, please check the weather forecast and come prepared for various temperatures, let’s hope for lots of sunshine!

Campsite
We will be camping at group site D on Friday and Saturday night. There will be picnic tables, fire pits and a vault toilet nearby. Buildings with showers and flush bathrooms can be walked to a little further away. Friendly dogs are always welcome. You will need to walk about 200 feet to access the campsite, there will be carts there unless you want to bring your own little wagon.

Friday
Arrive at the campground any time after 3pm. Get your tent set up, have dinner and then maybe we can do a night hike or get some lights on the kayaks and take them out. Or go out for a Friday Fish Fry in town.

Saturday
This is your time to have some fun, go on a hike, take your bike out, go fish, go swimming, go out on your kayak. We can get together as a group and plan some fun activities together. We will for sure take a walk to the waterfall.

Sunday
Have breakfast, do some more exploring the activities of the park. We don’t have to leave the campsite until 1pm, you can still hang around the park afterwards for another whole other day of fun!

Fees
Your $15.00 meetup fee covers $10 in 2 nights of camping costs, $2 in Meetup fees and $3 in firewood. The fee DOES NOT cover personal equipment, food or any extra activities you want to do when you arrive at the campground. You will need a WI state pass to enter the state park. Please send your fee through Venmo @Sherri-Lockwood or you can send it through Zelle at 414-759-6317. Payment is due within 48 hours of signing up.