Chris Marksberry wrote:
> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:44:40 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> One summer we went to see Door County. Some RVing acquaintances had
>>>>> been
>>>>> raving about it. It was very touristy. I remarked to a lady in the RV
>>>>> park that I was surprised with the amount of tourist kitch. She was a
>>>>> local and said that the area where people from Chicago went for
>>> vacations.
>>>> There's lots of areas like that. Most are pretty empty in the winter
>>>> so the cheese-heads can get down to some serious beer drinking. <g>
>>>
>>> And drunkenly crashing their snowmobiles through the ice on their way to
>>> the
>>> tavern...
>> Ain't that the truth!
>>>>> It could have been a lovely place without the tourist-tentacles. I did
>>>>> enjoy a fish boil and we did a lot of sightseeing on the lower part of
>>>>> Door County where there are pretty farms and cherry orchards and hardly
>>>>> any vacationers from Chicago.
>>>> Oh yes there are some beautiful areas there. SW Wisconsin is very
>>>> hilly and some of the views in the country are amazing.
>>>
>>> Lotsa good locally - made cheese 'n stuff around there...and Madison has
>>> what is considered the best farmer's market in the entire US.
>> The August issue of Chicago magazine has an article called
>> "destination Madison" speaking of the foodie attributes of Madison.
>> The cheese, beer, Dane county farmers market etc. all make it quite a
>> city. I also like Monroe and New Glarus. Mt. Horeb is a cool place
>> too.
>>
>> http://www.mustardweb.com/history-museum.htm
>>
>> Lou
>
> Lou,
>
> Again... small world. Mt. Horeb is where my father (and his brothers) was
> born and raised. I remember it as being close to 100% populated with
> Norwegian Americans. My grandfather built a home there which I understand
> still stands.
>
> Food reference: Lefse good!
> Lutefisk very, very bad!
>
> Chris

When I first visited this newsgroup, people would throw lutefisk at each
other. I guess they quit doing that. lol

Becca