Trips Elsewhere: Beyond Wisconsin Borders
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4/12/2020 10:15:00 AMIt is warm and dark in the early morning as Pete, Mark and I leave our condo, walking along Caroline Street on our way to breakfast. We hear a rooster crow. Mornings start slowly in Key West. There is no one on the street as we walk. It is the beginning of a typical day in Key West and a morning of fishing for Pete and me. Mark came along to have b...
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1/20/2017 4:35:00 PM“Go Pack,” the couple yells at us. We respond with “Go Pack” and then as they pass us the lady shouts over her shoulder “it is snowing in Milwaukee.” It is a good way to start Packer Sunday, especially since we are in Key West, Florida. It is warm and sunny in mid December as my wife Becky and I walk d...
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4/27/2016 12:05:00 PMExplore Wisconsin County-by-County at http://www.onwisconsinoutdoors.com/ExploreWI Join us in the Minocqua area, Nature’s Original Water Park(TM). With thousands of lakes, rivers and streams, plus hundreds of miles of trails, there is plenty to do year-round. Find out why we were named the “5th Best Fishing Town in Ameri...
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9/2/2015 10:15:00 AMASHLAND, Wis. – Ashland’s annual Mural Fest & Classic Car Show will roll into town Saturday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 200 block of historic Main Street. Since 2005, Ashland has been known as the “Historic Mural Capital of Wisconsin” and the city will celebrate a decade of artistic excellence with...
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8/27/2014 12:30:00 PMReading your own geriatric meter Denny Murawska Had there been someone present with a camera during my most recent outdoor outing, I am certain the segment would have gone viral on YouTube. It had nothing to do with a vicious battle against a musky. I did not single-handedly go head-to-head with a large boar armed only with a Bowie knife. No, I f...
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8/27/2014 12:30:00 PMA mountain hike far from home John Luthens To dance on a journey in Wisconsin one need only point a nose to the given wind direction, shoulder a pack and head down a trail. Chances are you’ll find what you’re after. Wisconsin is that good. I submit that to come remotely close to topping the wild beauty of our state you’ll need ...
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12/20/2012 4:25:00 PMBy Mike Yurk, There was fourteen inches of snow on the ground at my home in Hudson, Wisconsin, but at the moment the winter weather was far from our minds as the 26- foot charter boat Meridian was leaving the harbor just north of Key West, Florida, heading out onto the Atlantic Ocean. Wisconsin was experiencing their first major blizzard of the e...
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12/11/2012 1:45:00 PMBY BILL THORNLEY CODY, Wyoming– There is something a bit unnerving about walking out into the mountains near Yellowstone National Park in the pre-dawn darkness and looking down to see a huge – and very fresh – grizzly bear track in the snow on the same trail you are walking. It also makes a guy a little nervous walking through t...