Much to cluck about in, near tiny Paoli
Tis the season to talk turkey and shop for everything, but the conversation, décor and merchandise are all about chickens just nine miles south of […]
Animals
Raccoon Den B&B on Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary
Second in a series about the wide range of bed and breakfast lodging in Wisconsin. Many innkeepers include breakfast for overnight guests but are not […]
Sabamba Alpaca Ranch also welcomes B&B guests
When I spend the night at Sally and Tom Schmidt’s bed and breakfast near De Pere, the other guests include three girls from Dubuque who […]
Valley of the Kings: exotic animals’ last stop
I have not met Jill Carnegie, but I know what’s on her wish list: blankets, office supplies, wheelbarrows, lumber, fly traps, chest freezers, straw and […]
Witness prairie chicken dances at dawn
The funky dancing begins at the onset of dawn, and it is a private affair – a ritual that starts with cooing, and the low […]
Fountain Prairie owners are farmers, activists
It is John and Dorothy Priske’s 35th wedding anniversary, and they choose to spend a part of the day with me, driving around their farm […]
True grit: Wisconsin rodeos, cowboys
It all comes down to what you can accomplish in seconds – less than 10 seconds – and success is a matter of instinct and […]
Tour one of state’s biggest dairy farms
This family began farming with 17 cows in 1969 and today works about 4,000 acres to feed their herd of 3,000. Until recently, this was […]
Say mush: Dog sledding blankets Wisconsin
A new blanket of snow is heaven when you’re a skier, a snowmobiler, a skater or a sledder. Sledder? Make that a musher. Dog sledding […]