This trip started because a niece's fiancee told us about Copper Falls State Park in Wisconsin and we expanded it to include Michigan. So now we are at the first place we intended to visit and the last of the falls. Wisconsin is one of those states that penalizes out of state campers and have also added a $10 a night electrical fee so we shortened our planned stay from three to two nights. But that worked out fine because there are just three waterfalls here and one is only accessible by a 2.5 mile hike. They are also working on the park roads and the signage is inadequate. But we made it first to Copper Falls. The only view is from a footbridge but it's a beautiful area.
Brownstone Falls is also very pretty but must be glimpsed through the trees as there is no viewing area and hikers are not allowed off the path. There is a path on the other side of the Bad River and may have better views but we weren't sure how to get there.
A rainy afternoon meant time spent inside reading and soup in the crockpot for supper--not a bad way to spend a few hours. Today we head for Eau Galle Lake in western Wisconsin--chosen as a stop by virtue of being about halfway between Copper Falls and central Minnesota where we need to be this weekend for a family event.
A rainy afternoon meant time spent inside reading and soup in the crockpot for supper--not a bad way to spend a few hours. Today we head for Eau Galle Lake in western Wisconsin--chosen as a stop by virtue of being about halfway between Copper Falls and central Minnesota where we need to be this weekend for a family event.
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