| Occasionally we have
photos which don't fit with the rest of the page they would chronologically
fit. This is one such left over from our trip up from Baraboo to Green Bay.
This is Lake Winnebago looking over towards the city of Oshkosh about 25
miles away. Some of these Wisconsin lakes are huge. The wind was blowing
hard which is what is causing the waves. |  |
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We spent quite a lot of time in Prentice and so didn't get as far as
planned, so we ended up in a state park in Phillips for the night. There is
a lake on either side of the road. State parks are usually very well run and
beautiful sites, if fairly basic. This just has electricity and is self
registering requiring honesty on the part of the camper. It is still very
early in the season up here, so we virtually had the place to ourselves. |
| The roads beoame ever
more empty with fewer trees with any leaf. The farm lands in Wisconsin are
all south of Green Bay. This is timber land. |  |
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Finally we reached Ashland and the edge of Lake Superior and the end of the
US. This is just a wetland at Prentice Park (another Prentice, Frederick
this time, and no connection with the town of the same name). |
| The lake is quite brown
but it was not clear if this is as a result of a sandy lake bed or as a
result of the extensive iron ore lands to the north and west of here. We are
about to enter mining country. |  |
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Many of the towns here have their own power station. The US does not have
such a sophisticated electrical grid as we have in England, thus power
outages are more prevalent. |
| The lakes were a major
transport route for timber and ore back to the industries in the east. This
huge dock was used to load ships mainly with iron ore. |  |
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One of the major buildings in the town is this hotel right on the lakeside.
It was extensively restored fairly recently and is an impressive building
even today. |
| Paintings on the outside
of the buildings are a feature of the town can make a building look more
important than it really is. This example is in better condition than most. |  |
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