Friday, September 20, 2024

Friday, September 20, 2024, MN, WI

 I just got back from spending two days with Patty and Susan at the Pineview Campground at the Fort McCoy Army Recreation Facility in Wisconsin.  It’s always so nice to hang out with these long-time friends and we have so much fun just talking, a little sightseeing, eating and just plain being together.  We stayed in one of their destination trailers and it was very nice accommodations.  Susan got the bedroom and Patty and I slept in the loft the first night, but it wasn’t very comfortable, you could barely sit up, and the AC got way too cold during the night.  We opened up the king sized foldout couch the second night and slept much better.



On Thursday, after a leisurely start to the day, we drove to Neillsville and visited the Highgrounds Veterans Memorial.  Pat and I had both been there on a Miata drive years ago and Mike and I attended the dedication ceremony for the Vietnam Veteran Memorial way back in 1985 but Susan had never been.  It is a very impressive place and worth the visit.

We had a bite to eat at a nice little diner in Neillsville and then went to Black River Falls and walked the Main Street and did some browsing in a couple of shops.  Our next stop was at the Wegner Grotto in Sparta - a collection of unique concrete, glass, and porcelain sculptures that were constructed at the home of Paul and Matilda Wegner between 1929 and 1936.  They were tastefully done and I’m glad that we stopped to see this collection of unusual folk sculptures.