Southwest

A Wright Trifecta

A windmill + lots of bugs + a celebration = a great day in Wisconsin. Jim and I got up way earlier than we normally do these days for a drive to western Wisconsin. We heard about the celebration and the bugs on a Facebook group, so why not throw in one more stop to […]

Upper Dells Boat Tour

I have had a love/hate relationship with the Wisconsin Dells for quite some time. As a kid, my folks always had a cabin (built by my carpenter father) on a lake or river and we were fortunate to travel quite a lot to visit family across the U.S. I don’t recall ever going to the Dells until […]

Mt. Horeb

This is a quick post about the overnight we spent in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. We’ve hit up the Grumpy Troll for great burgers on several occasions on our way past the small town, but we have never stopped and checked it out like we did today. Since it’s within 2 minutes of being the exact […]

Taliesin

Click on the first photo in each group and scroll to see the square photos at full size. In 1932 the Taliesin Fellowship was founded as a community that provided architectural training with a “learn by doing” approach. The community survives today as the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture whose members, both faculty and apprentices, are still known […]