Fall Trip to Wisconsin and Michigan Part 4

On Friday we woke up to snow - a heavy, wet, very pretty snow! These pictures were taken at our rental.

We headed southwest on a little quilt shop hop.

First stop was Sew Peaceful Quilting in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. This was a nice shop with helpful ladies. 

I found this fabric for winter table runners.

The snow continued.

We drove on to Marshfield, Wisconsin, to Quilt Kits & Beyond. I don't buy a lot of kits so I wasn't sure about this stop but she had lots of fabric too. 

I found fabric for two quilt backs.

The owner suggested Nutz Deep II for lunch. As usual, quilt shops do not let you down when suggesting places to eat! She raved about the burgers but said everything was good. Since it was Friday and there was a fish fry, we decided to have fish. We both chose the walleye and had a delicious meal!

The snow finally stopped just before our final shop,

Pammy's Patchwork Playhouse in Whitehall, Wisconsin. When we arrived, I thought this would be interesting - the building was very old and had been a bar. It's still a work in progress but a nice little shop. In the near future, it will probably be the only quilt shop to have a bar serving beer, pop, and wine! The owner was quite interesting and very nice.

We enjoyed our visit and I found fabric for a couple of Christmas table runners.

About 8 miles down the road, near Blair, Wisconsin, we went to an Amish bakery and then to our Airbnb rental near Arcadia, Wisconsin.

On Saturday we headed towards home because by the time we decided what we wanted to do for the weekend, we could not find a place to stay Saturday night - not a motel, resort, or rental. 

We began the gorgeous, sunny day with a visit to an apple orchard north of LaCrosse, WI. 

We drove to LaCrosse and visited Grandad's Bluff. The area was redone a while back and it is really nice. We enjoyed spending time on Grandad's when we went to LaCrosse State University (now known as University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse). 

view of UW-L campus

shelter on Grandad's

After stopping briefly on campus, we crossed the Mississippi River and stopped at an apple/produce stand in LaCrescent, Minnesota while heading south to Lansing, Iowa.

Lansing was really crowded but we did find a place to park and a place for a late lunch - Milty's Bar and Grill. After a walk around the Main Street, we headed across the bridge to Illinois and headed for home. We arrive a few hours later and got settled in.

And that is the rest of the story!