In all honesty I have never said I want to visit Wisconsin one day. Now that I have, I sure am glad I did!
Wausau is such a cute town that I’m glad I had the chance to visit. It’s a pretty walkable town with friendly people. It makes you slow down a bit and just enjoy what’s around you. From here I took several day trips to explore neighboring towns in Wisconsin.
October 31, 2020: During my time here I explored little lake towns along Green Bay with my trusty sidekick, Mom. This area is definitely a summer time retreat destination, but a visit during fall is nice too. Each little town has shops, restaurants, and nice views of the water. It’s a leisure day drive with the end destination being Northport, the northernmost town on the peninsula.
The Cookery in Fish Creek was absolutely delicious! I forgot to take a picture of the food because I was just ready to dig in. We got the fish tacos and a turkey, cream cheese & cherry chutney sandwich. Dessert was also a must here. We had the cherry crisp, carrot cake, & chocolate cake sampler along with a slice of caramel apple pie.
We planned to explore Green Bay and have dinner somewhere, but we learned Green Bay is a town with literally nothing going on. No restaurants to even have dinner. Back to Wausau for some delicious Thai food.
November 1, 2020: Unfortunately today’s day trip to Madison, WI was a bust. It had been hit hard during riots and all of businesses were boarded up and graffitied. It is sad that so many once thriving cities are now boarded up and desolate. After a 4 hour drive we were back in Wausau and up on Rib Mountain where the snows flurried. It was a perfect ending to an otherwise uneventful day.
November 6, 2020: A day trip to Minocqua was on the agenda. There were little shops here as this is a touristy town also. Disappointingly, there weren’t many restaurants. We ate mediocre sushi on a picnic table nearby and got on our way down the road. On a whim we pulled into Bad Bones BBQ and it did not disappoint. Quite the opposite actually, some of my favorite bbq I’ve ever had and had stunning views of a lake! After stuffing ourselves full of bbq and bread pudding we headed back to Wausau.
Wausau is a ski resort town, but has a great summer scene as well. You can canoe down the river and even hit a few rapids. The downtown is super cute and thriving with shops and restaurants.
Some of my favorites here included:
Tine & Cellar – Jagerschnitzel and quinoa veggie burger were fantastic as was the lavender crème brulee.
Polito’s – great place to grab a slice of pizza and sight see downtown, which I did on several occasions.
Until next time Wausau!!
I love a good desert! You had me at the caramel apple pie! But then Lavender creme brûlée ummmmm yes please! Glad you had a good time! I am living through you!