Today was a warm and beautiful day for traveling and exploring the small town in Wisconsin. From Portage we traveled on to Montello, where there was a lovely waterfall in the downtown area. We also visited Wautoma, Coloma, Westfield, and Plainfield. We arrived in Stevens Point in mid-afternoon, and spent several hours looking around downtown. There are a series of mural painted on the sides of the buildings downtown, all depicting some aspect of the history of Stevens Point. We are spending a restful night at Fran's B & B (Susan's mom), where we enjoyed a very nice home cooked meal and look forward to a good home cooked breakfast. Tomorrow we continue the journey northward and will write again from Minocqua. Here are some highlights of today's travels.
This is all that remains of Fort Winnebago at Portage. It was built in 1824.
This is the lovely waterfall in downtown Montello.
Here is a very unusual Victorian home near downtown Stevens Point. We have seen many grand Victorians in our travels, but this one is the most unique we have seen.
This is one of the murals in downtown Stevens Point. It pays homage to the logging industry, which played an important role in the founding of the town.
We hope you have enjoyed the blog so far. We are now at our halfway point in the journey. From here, the terrain begins to change from farmland to evergreen forests. See you tomorrow from beautiful Minocqua.
--Susan and Denis
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