Growing up as a kid my family use to take yearly vacations to Wisconsin, staying in cottages on several different lakes in a couple of different towns. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins on my dad's side of the family....all traveled to be together for a few weeks every summer. One year the adults in the family finally decided to purchase one of those cottages on a lake that we frequented over the years. Those were such fun times with so many of us together for weeks on end...eating great meals (I think I can safely point my finger at all those delicious meals being the catalyst for my weight wars), swimming all day long until we were brown as berries, going to town to shop around and sometimes attending the outside movie in the middle of town, picking berries for Grandma's preserves, and just generally wallowing in the sun and fresh air as much as we possibly could. No pressure...no agenda....just as I liked it. We made SO many memories...times I still think of with great fondness.
I was one of those kids who tolerated the drive there...at least along the busy highways and interstates that became our routine route. But once we were in the more rural areas of Wisconsin with farms, fields filled with horses and cows, and beautiful winding tree-lined roads all around us....I was in heaven. I loved looking out the window at all that beauty around me. It was such a peaceful and comforting feeling driving under those tall trees with their bending branches arched over us. It gave me the 'warm and fuzzies' all over. I guess I've always had 'a thing' for beautiful trees.
Even better was to walk down some of those country lanes and roads where you could really take in all that those trees, wildflowers...and wildlife had to offer. I can't remember the last time I've actually walked down a country road....it's been way too long. Maybe I wouldn't be able to walk very far these days, but I know how much I still appreciate the nostalgia of it all.
Though I have traveled on many different and interesting roads since those days...country roads will always have a special place in my heart.
The Strangest and Most Beautiful Roads in the World (Click on pic to enlarge)
I hope things are going well for you all as you prepare for the holidays. Next project for me...wrapping presents. Enjoy this special time everyone.... ~Joy xo
I love Wisconsin all of my mom's family is up there -- she's one of eight kids so there were lots of cousins to play with!!!
As to the the roads -- they are lovely but there isn't enough money to get me to drive on most of them.
Posted by: Kay Dennison | December 04, 2011 at 01:37 AM
Such wonderful childhood memories. The road shots are beautiful. I think some of the prettiest roadside views are in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains.
Posted by: Tara R. | December 04, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I was married in Stevens Point, Wisconsin so I have a small idea of the terrain you visited. But my question is, "What, no mosquitoes?" Every time we were in those tall trees I was eaten alive.
Thanks for a tour of the road less traveled.
Posted by: Darlene | December 04, 2011 at 11:14 AM
The sixth photo reminds me of highway 96 (road) coming down into WC. It's very similar. Some of those roads are scary!
Posted by: janeywan | December 04, 2011 at 09:18 PM
I've been on some of those roads.
And we lived in Wisconsin, so I know how lovely that can be in summer. But the mosquitoes! My husband used to get eaten alive, although they did not bother me that much.
Posted by: Hattie | December 05, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Ahh memories, what would life be without them.
Great road photos too, except for that second one!!!!!
Posted by: Peter | December 05, 2011 at 08:51 PM
Lovely road pictures. I recall traveling on some fascinating ones in years past. Enjoyed your family gathering recollections.
That second one reminded me of being one of those "lost my stomach rides." We always looked forward to them.
Posted by: joared | December 07, 2011 at 01:08 AM
Love the photo of you and your mom. Aren't those kind of photos just so special!
I never liked traveling much in a car when I was a kid - unless we were on the way to town to buy me a toy. Your story got me thinking though about how much I did like traveling on trains. Seems like it took forever to get somewhere but it was like an adventure...
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Posted by: zhila | December 12, 2011 at 07:42 PM