September 26-27, 2010Marquette, Michigan color tour – days 1 & 2 color tour – days 3 & 4 color tour – days 5 & 6 color tour – days 7,8 & 9 We left Paradise, Mi heading for Marquette. Highway 123 from Paradise to Newberry the color was at about 60%, not as good as … Read more
Scenic Fall Drive, Mount Horeb to Monroe, Wisconsin Featured attractions in this article: Yellowstone Golf Course, Toy Train Barn, Monroe Town Square On beautiful October fall day, we decided to take a trip to Monroe, Wisconsin following rural roads through one leg of our Wisconsin Cheese Country Scenic Drive (see our Map). Our trip began … Read more
McGregor Fall Arts and Crafts Festival Attractions in this post: McGregor, Iowa, Pikes Peak State Park, Prairie Du Chien Golf Course Fall colors were starting to break out along the Mississippi River and a perfect weather forecast for the weekend encouraged Jo and I to head to McGregor, Iowa for their Arts & Crafts fall … Read more
St Croix Falls Interstate Park – Fall Color Interstate Park, a cooperative effort of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the National Park Service, is located on the St. Croix Wild and National Scenic River which forms part of the state line dividing the northern part of Wisconsin and Minnesota south of Duluth. It is actually two parks. … Read more
Quaint Mississippi River Road Towns ARVY, our RV motor home, had not been driven in well over a month, the gas in its tank was getting old, and we needed to mix some fuel additive + gas stabilizer into the fuel mix for the winter. Having noticed that Eagles Landing Winery was having a free … Read more
Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin Fall Events The big event in the Duluth-Superior Twin Ports area at the end of August is the Lake Superior Dragonboat Race The race is held in a protected bay on the south side of Barkers Island. The island is the site of the festival part of the race. Yes, more music, entertainment, … Read more
While places like Yellowstone National Park and the Florida Keys are unique and interesting places to visit, you’ll also find competing with large crowds and the cost of lodging, camping, dining and entertainment makes a heavy hit on your wallet. On Scenic Pathways we prefer to feature less well-known and affordable scenic and interesting places … Read more
An exceptional RV campground in SW Wisconsin Some RVers visiting the collection of quaint and historic cheese producing communities along Wisconsin Highway 11 from Dubuque, IA to Monroe, Wisconsin may need a good overnight camping spot along the route. If that is you check out this neat little campground in the tiny village of Gratiot, … Read more
Taking a Road Trip along the Wisconsin Mississippi Great River Road? To help you plan your trip, I review the top campgrounds for RV travelers or campers. The list Campground Reviews is organized from South to North, beginning North of East Dubuque. At the end of the article is a Google Maps with links to … Read more
Our Review of Pikes Peak Iowa State Park, RV Camping & Hiking Located across the river from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin Pikes Peak is one of our favorite RV campgrounds along the Mississippi Great River Road (see our reviews of other best River Road RV Campsites). It is located high on a bluff above the … Read more
RV Campground Review: Mississippi Palisades State Park Located a short distance North of Savanna, Illinois the Mississippi Palisades is an Illinois State Park and Campground. Portions of the park include high steep sided bluffs looming over the Mississippi River valley. We like the Palisades park for the numerous scenic overlooks of the Mississippi and its … Read more
Restaurant Review – Nelson Creamery, Nelson Wisconsin About 50 cars filled the Nelson Creamery customer parking lot on a Thursday afternoon in little Nelson, Wisconsin on Hwy 35 – the Wisconsin Great River Road Scenic Byway. Same thing happened last year. We were through Nelson last year mid-week about the same time for our annual … Read more
Road Trip Travel Guide – Upper Mississippi Great River Road Here is a summary of our articles and reviews of traveling the Mississippi Great River Road from the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities to Prescott, Wisconsin. We profile scenic overlooks, campgrounds (with notations for RV camping), hiking, neat places to eat, and other interesting attractions. Below the … Read more
Travel Guide – Cheese Country Scenic Drives Southwest Wisconsin is part of Wisconsin’s unique driftless area topography formed by the geological Ice Age (Wisconsin Glaciation). The landscape features broad open hilltops, flat fertile river valleys, and steep wooded slopes. Numerous creeks and the mixture of steep woods and rolling grasslands lends itself to dairy operations … Read more
See beginning of our article on St. Croix Interstate National Park here. Part one of our article on the St. Croix park showed some of our favorite fall color pictures from the park and river. Below are few more for your enjoyment. At the bottom of the page are links to the two State Park … Read more