http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com Community, Nature, Travel in South Central Wisconsin, Baraboo and Wisconsin Dells Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/air-show-this-weekend/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/air-show-this-weekend/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:45:24 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=1752 The annual Baraboo-Dells Air Show will take place this weekend from June 25-27, 2010 at the Baraboo-Dells Municipal Airport, located at 3440 South Hwy 12, in Baraboo, Wisconsin.  Daily tickets are Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for children and kids under 5 are free.  There is also a Friday night show beginning at [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/air-show-this-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/reservations-required/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/reservations-required/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:54:52 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=1179 Time to reserve campground reservations for peak weekends is slipping by, or has already.  This is a message we can’t hammer home enough. You simply have to reserve now for most weekends at Devil’s Lake and many other state parks to have a sporting chance at getting a weekend spot.  Yes, there is the whole [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/reservations-required/feed/ 0 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/countyc-scenicdrive/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/countyc-scenicdrive/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:04:38 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=1163 The recent news about local resident’s hopes to designate State Highway 33 from Portage to La Crosse as an official Wisconsin Scenic byway is a sign of hope for those of us who care to preserve the beauty of central Wisconsin.  Chances are they are in for a long tough fight, but we wish them [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/countyc-scenicdrive/feed/ 3 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/community/a-roundabout-way/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/community/a-roundabout-way/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:23 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=875 The new roundabouts have been up on the intersections of Moon Rd., and Highway 12 near Wisconsin Dells for a while now.  How are you feeling about them?  Opinions seem to be quite mixed.  I’ve heard everything from love to indifference, to flat out hatred.  Regardless of taste however,  roundabouts have been shown to be [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/community/a-roundabout-way/feed/ 1 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/now-this-is-new-ziplining/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/now-this-is-new-ziplining/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:24:37 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=807 What’s the big new thing in Wisconsin Dells this year?  Well for us outdoor adrenaline junkie types it’s got to be the new Big Foot Zipline Course!  What’s ziplining? Well ziplining is that thing you see crazy people doing on the National Geographic channel where they hook themselves to a cable and then jump from really [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/now-this-is-new-ziplining/feed/ 0 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/10-things-about-the-flake-out/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/10-things-about-the-flake-out/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:51:30 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=735 The Flake Out Festival is coming to Wisconsin Dells this weekend, Jan 22 – 24th.  We’ll certainly be there! In honor of their 20th anniversary and to save you the effort of reading every last page of the festival website.. Here’s our list of “10 things you may not know you can do at [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/travel/10-things-about-the-flake-out/feed/ 0 http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2009/travel/great-northern-railway/ http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2009/travel/great-northern-railway/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:33:54 +0000 derrickM http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/?p=33 I was on my way out to Stand Rock Campground a few days back when I passed by the Riverside & Great Northern Railway on County Rd. N in Wisconsin Dells. Driving by reminded me that I had been wanting to talk about Great Northern since it holds a bit of that vintage Wisconsin Dells [...]]]> http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2009/travel/great-northern-railway/feed/ 0