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Our journal not only follows the happenings at Devil’s Lake State Park, but will take you along as we explore deeper into the Baraboo Hills and places beyond. Be sure to check out our Facebook page as well!
A Fresh Family Getaway in Central Wisconsin
Contributed By Joe Laing, El Monte RV Rentals - With summer temperatures on the rise and children’s energies boiling over for the end of school, many parents have begun gearing up for warm-weather getaways. Rather than head into the heat along the country’s coast, though, savvy trip planners set their sights higher, on a place where the climate is cool and unique adventures get visitors fired up. Easily accessed from the South and West, Central Wisconsin makes a prime northern migration destination for travelers wanting fresh air and family time. And with its many lakes and rivers, there are still plenty of sandy shores and sunshine. On this six-day exploration of the top spots along the I-39 spine, you’ll find wet and wild sights, historical hikes, culture and art, and a natural welcome in small towns that are big on personality. Tailor it to your own family’s travel tastes. Continue reading
Be Careful Out There!
If your are local or have come to Devil’s Lake State Park for years, it’s easy to let your familiarity with the park put you off-guard. It’s easy to get the impression that the park is small, the trails are well used, and we’re always close to help. Of course, that’s not quite true. The park is not as small as it may seem on a map and if someone does get into trouble in the outlying trails and can’t walk out, they could be there awhile. People have been caught out over night in the Baraboo Hills before. It happens. Continue reading
This Week Try The Johnson Moraine Trail
At this moment the Johnson Moraine Trail at Devil’s Lake State Park is an especially attractive hike. A good section of the wooded eastern section of the trail is lined with wild geraniums which make for a colorful, almost fantasy-like hike. It won’t be long before the blooms along the trails have passed for another year.. so now’s the time! What’s more if you can visit the trail in the early morning or late evening, you’ll be greeted by some amazingly loud frog songs from the small ponds and marshs that line a section of the trail.
We’ve posted a small map below highlighting a short, 1.75 mile loop that begins at the Steinke Basin parking lot and will take you to the frog ponds and through the flower lined section of trail. Continue reading
Mother’s Day Weekend Events
Here’s what’s going on in the Baraboo area this weekend! First on the list is Downtown Baraboo’s annual Fair on the Square this Saturday, May 12. This popular event includes streets lined with crafters and artists, fun music, live entertainment, lots of fantastic food, kids activities and more. Current weather forecasts call for any overnight rain ending in the early morning with a warm sunny day to follow, high temperature to reach around 70f. So it looks to be a great day for this outdoor event around Baraboo’s historic downtown square. The Fair on the Square kicks off at 9am and runs until 4pm. Parking is on residential side streets, parents with young children will definitely want to bring the stroller! (And be sure to stop at the toy store.) Continue reading
4 Free Passes To Kalahari Indoor Theme Park
Every campsite at Devil’s Lake State Park comes with a picnic table & fire ring. What they don’t come with are 4 free passes to Kalahari Indoor Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, but that would sure be handy for the days when you wake up to torrential rains! Well, we can’t give away free passes to everyone (Even though we’d sure like to!), but we will give 4 free complimentary all day passes to one lucky family on May 21st. Here’s how our give-away works..
To simply enter the drawing, just send an email to freestuff@skilletcreekmedia.com with the subject line “Kalahari Theme Park Passes”. Include your name, city where you live and state in the message. (One entry per person/email address) Then just wait until May 21st and we will announce the winner right here.
BUT WAIT!
If you’d like to increase your chances, here’s how..
1. Friend us at www.Facebook.com/skilletcreek. (If haven’t already) and we’ll enter you again.
2. Share a link to this contest with your Facebook Friends. and we’ll enter you again.
3. Follow us @skilletcreek on Twitter and we’ll enter you again.
4. Tweet about @skilletcreek‘s Kalahari ticket giveaway with a link back to this post. and we’ll enter you again.
Just note in your email which of the above you did and we’ll enter you once for each, totaling up to 5 entries. If you already follow us on Twitter or Facebook, just note that too and we’ve enter you again as well. Cool huh? Continue reading
