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My dad, brother, and I did some of that drive when we went to a tOSU/MN game at Minnesota's (then) brand new stadium a few years back.  We stopped at the Bradley Funeral Home in Antigo, Wisconsin.  A funeral home might sound like an odd tourist stop and it is but dad was a Marine and one of the Iwo Jima Flagraisers spent most of his post-war life running the Funeral Home in Antigo, Wisconsin.  At the home they have the scale model that was used to make the famous sculpture in DC.  

We thought that Marinette/Menominee was a neat little town.  It is one urban area divided by the Menominee River which also happens to be the State Line between Marinette, Wisconsin to the Southwest and Menominee, Michigan to the Northeast.  

We enjoyed a couple of State Parks along the North Shore of Lake Michigan but it has been a long time and I don't remember which ones.  We did thing the dunes were neat to see.  

The Soo Locks are less than an hours drive North on I75  from St. Ignace and it is something to see freighters go through there.  

About 40 years ago (when I was a little kid) we took what I think must have been this train trip.  It is an all day deal.  I remember it being a train ride then box lunch in a neat park, then a train ride back to where we started.  I loved it as a little kid and would like to do it again someday.  

Well drinking beer is the official state pass time for Wisconsin and Michigan(no 36).  You'll be able to work off the extra calories by swatting at and waving off all the black flies.

thought the whole upper midwest would lead the parade - a few in there

1)N. Dakota
2)N. Hampshire
3)Montana
4)S. Dakota
5) Wisconscin
6)Nevada
7)Vermont
8)Nebraska  - wait till FF moves to Austin
9)Texas
10) Maine
not typing anymore
https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/lists/which-state-drinks-the-most-beer/

thought the whole upper midwest would lead the parade - a few in there

1)N. Dakota
2)N. Hampshire
3)Montana
4)S. Dakota
5) Wisconscin
6)Nevada
7)Vermont
8)Nebraska  - wait till FF moves to Austin
9)Texas
10) Maine
not typing anymore
https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/lists/which-state-drinks-the-most-beer/

Ha!  But Fearless lives in Iowa, not Nebraska...

On what route?

We live in NE Iowa so upon arrival in Dubuque we will head N.E. on U.S. Hwy. 151 to Madison, and then cut N.E. toward the U.P.
I am not sure when cranberries are harvested. We are leaving Sept. 8. If the harvest is underway that might make an interesting stop.
Otherwise, if cranberry harvest is another time, I thought if we made it to Sheboygan the 1st night, we could tour the toilet factory Monday a.m. Sept. 9. Who wouldn't want to see the latest in toilet fashions? Any alternative ideas? My wife would probably rather see cranberries being harvested, than toilets manufactured.

We live in NE Iowa so upon arrival in Dubuque we will head N.E. on U.S. Hwy. 151 to Madison, and then cut N.E. toward the U.P.
I am not sure when cranberries are harvested. We are leaving Sept. 8. If the harvest is underway that might make an interesting stop.
Otherwise, if cranberry harvest is another time, I thought if we made it to Sheboygan the 1st night, we could tour the toilet factory Monday a.m. Sept. 9. Who wouldn't want to see the latest in toilet fashions? Any alternative ideas? My wife would probably rather see cranberries being harvested, than toilets manufactured.

Sheboygan is a great little town. And they have the best (by far) Italian restaurant I've ever been to. You must go. MUST.

Trattoria Stefano. Ask to be seated with David.


Italian Restaurant | Trattoria Stefano | Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Supper Clubs are great, but man they have gotten REALLY expensive. We used to go to this one a lot when we had our boat in Kenosha.

HOBNOB – Welcome To The HOBNOB

Food out is really expensive, as we all know.  The pub next door used to have totchos for $10, now they are $15.  I mentioned this to one of the owners, he was seated at the table next to us, he said "You wouldn't believe how the cost of potatoes has gone up."

One order of totchos will fill up two normal folks, so it's still a reasonable deal.

They still have well drinks for $7, which is the lowest price around.  A Mule or bloody mary is that price.  Beer runs $6-9.  Most of their lunch items are around $15.  Their fried chicken is quite good.

We went to a few supper clubs up north "back in the day", they were very solid and reasonable, and different for us.  We toured the north with friends who are from Minnesota, they knew some good places.

The equivalent, sort of, down here would be places like this, I don't know what you'd term them:


The Smith House – Family Dining, Lodging and Country Store

This place used to be in an old white painted house, it's changed quite a bit since.  You used to sit in communal long tables with various groups at your table and you passed around large bowls of food.  It was pretty neat, not really the same deal now.


Dillard House Restaurant | Dillard House

This place is the same kind of deal, not the same now as it once was.

This place used to be good, I took my wife there 4-5-6 years back and it was still good, she still talks about it.



In Dillard, NC, called "The Dillard House".  Apparently under new mgmt.