Collections by Carol/ summervp

Collections by Carol/ summervp
a/k/a Prints As Art

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Jellystone Park - Fremont, WI

 

Jellystone Park - Fremont, Wisconsin. Imagine waking up to a breathtaking sunrise on beautiful Partridge Lake...but wait the sunsets are just as beautiful and doubles with falls spectacular colors, as you can see here.  The staff is committed to making Jellystone Park a first class facility, and their goal is for each and every guest to take back with them memories that will last a lifetime.  The park is located just outside of Fremont, nestled on the stunning shores of beautiful Partridge Lake, Fremont Jellystone Park is more than just a campground, it’s a first class resort with all the amenities of spacious campsites and tent sites, rustic camping cabins and full service cottages. The campground is just minutes from the Wolf River and along Partridge Lake.  Partridge Lake is 990 acres of shallow and reedy water, which is a favorite hiding place for large schools of bluegill, perch, large-mouth bass, northern pike, small-mouth bass, catfish, and walleye. The Wolf River Flow-age, famous for walleye and white bass, is just a mile downstream. Whether you need bait or a boat, our Jellystone Park Bait and Tackle shop carries all you need to get started. Water fun begins at the Jellystone Park bait shop. They have pontoon or jon boats for rent, along with canoes, and paddle-boats. 
I drive past this park almost daily and one day after work I noticed the colors and the light seemed to be perfect for pictures.  I usually carry my camera with me so I turned into the park,  walked into the office and asked the manager if I could do a drive through and stop along the way to take pictures. He said he was happy I stopped by and to feel free to explore, handed me a map and pointed me in the direction he thought would give me some of the best vantage points.  I in turn promised I would let him know when I posted this Blog and photos on Capture Wisconsin.  The afternoon was glorious, actually it had been years since I had entered the parks facilities and it has and has not changed.  Its still as calm and quite as I remember it.  The trails are developed a little more.  But the quaintness of the grounds has not changed.  Some of the guests at the campgrounds that I spoke with, make this location an annual trip, a kind of  fall pilgrimage. They invited me to come back at sunrise and reported all the different wildlife they had seen just that morning.  I didn't have a pad of paper with me (darn) but do remember it was lengthy.  I was surprised by the friendliness of the guests...they didn't know me, I was just driving through taking photos....but they did take the time to praise the facilities and the staff.  I had to regretfully decline their invitation as I had to work the next day...but as I left the campground I had a sense of tranquility and neighborliness I had not entered with.  Thank you to everyone for a beautiful afternoon!

Want to know more:  http://www.fremontjellystone.com


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Waupaca Country Club in Falls Spendor




Waupaca Country Club and its unique course have close ties to the rich history of golf in America. “The course was designed in 1923 by Jack Burns, a superintendent at an Appleton, Wis., country club, and a golf lover who is believed to have been strongly influenced by Donald Ross.  Ross believed in fitting the course to the land he found and that’s true of how our course fits its knolls and valleys in Waupaca. Almost all the holes on this course have water in play.  You’re also going to find an impeccably maintained course lined with 200 year old Oaks and 150 year old Pines, mighty trees that glow with color in fall and burst with greenery in spring. Bentgrass rolls across the tees and makes for a smooth quick surface on the tour quality greens. The Waupaca River divides the course, and golfers have to cross the river four times during their rounds of play. The course is 9 holes but set up to play 18 if you wish.

The day I was there Scott gave me the keys to a golf cart and sent me on my way.  It was a glorious day, the fall trees were on fire and the grass was perfect. Here are some of the pic's I took that day.  Enjoy! 


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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Weyauwega - Home for the Holidays





Now that its getting close to the Holidays - Thanksgiving being really close....everyone starts to think about home or your hometown where you grew up and....Weyauwega is where I grew up. If you've never heard of it...that's ok...most people in Wisconsin haven't....its home to Horse and Buggy Days and a very quite little berg about 25 minutes West of Appleton. It literally means "Here We Rest".


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Monday, November 12, 2012

Caroline Colorama - Caroline, Wisconsin

Caroline Lions Colorama - 25th year of Wisconsin's Largest Trail Ride



I spent a very interesting day with some of the friendliest people in the State of Wisconsin @ the Largest Trail Ride in the town of Caroline, WI, for the 25th Lions Colorama Event. It was a beautiful weekend long event, with camping, trail rides, vendors and even a large tent dance and lots of good food!

I've been trying to contact organizers to find out more information and if I can will update this blog.  But I was really impressed with what I saw.  The campground stretched on and on and street signs were categorized by breeds of horses.  Many of the people we talked to had been coming to the event for years.  The ride ends up taking about 4 hours and mid-way through the organizers have very smartly set-up a break point complete with lunch for the riders and a rest stop for the horses in the trees. There are multiple road crossings which have friendly "guides" to help with traffic
and the trail also crosses a small stream....the perfect trail ride for those who want a leisurely jaunt.

All along the trail we had people waving and cheering...and really enjoying themselves.  And although we had initially only intended on taking pictures for our daughter (because she was riding) we ended up taking photos of a lot of people in the long lines coming off the trail or going on to another section of it.  So I've dedicated this Blog to them....and hope they enjoy the pictures too.

As previously mentioned I would like more information about the event and will try to update this entry soon with how many people and horses actually registered.  If you have a horse and of course a trailer...this would be an beautiful weekend event I would recommend.



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