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  • gailmary
    gailmary Member Posts: 332
    edited July 2021

    Always wondered what is meNtby the driftless areA. Do you know?

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  • dutchiris
    dutchiris Member Posts: 855
    edited July 2021

    Hello,

    This area's name is derived from the fact that it was surrounded by glaciers during the last glacial period, yet remained untouched by passing glaciers. This caused some curious, and beautiful, topography in these areas drawing visitors year-round. In accordance with its name, the Driftless Zone in Wisconsin is also a mark to the furthermost edge of the glaciers' advance. After this, the glaciers receded leaving the rock formations in their path.

    I also live in the driftless region. I had to look it up, lol.

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  • GoldensRBest
    GoldensRBest Member Posts: 447
    edited July 2021

    In the driftless region too but not for long! Hubs is retiring in October and our new home on the other side of the state (Cedarburg) will be done by then. We will be 5 minutes from our kids/grandkids. Can’t wait!!!! I always complain that the only place to grocery shop is at Walmart. My daughter said I’ll have the choice of 6 grocery stores! I told her I’m going to be like God - one store for every day of the week and then rest on Sunday - LOL

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  • serendipity09
    serendipity09 Member Posts: 732
    edited July 2021

    GoldensRBest - I love Cedarburg, one of my favorites places in WI. I hope you love living there!

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited July 2021

    Gailmary & dutchiris, I had to look it up, too. :-)

    The term "driftless" indicates a lack of glacial drift, the deposits of silt, gravel, and rock that retreating glaciers leave behind.

    This website explains it simply and well. https://nationaltroutcenter.org/visit-ntc/driftless-area/

    Goldens LOL, happy shopping. We have four grocery options: Walmart, Piggly Wiggly, Aldi, and a small organic grocery store.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited July 2021

    I can’t wait for my husband to retire so I can go back there and go home to the Northwoods region.

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  • zogo
    zogo Member Posts: 20,329
    edited July 2021

    We went to the Driftless Music Gardens a few weeks ago for a camping/ bluegrass festival. It was awesome!

    And you will love Cedarburg! We live fairly close in Whitefish Bay.


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  • gailmary
    gailmary Member Posts: 332
    edited July 2021

    Good explanations. I'm in the area covered by the glaciers. The kettle morraine.beautiful state all around.

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  • RK2020
    RK2020 Member Posts: 400
    edited July 2021

    Hello - I’m new here and felt compelled to post because I got such a kick out of GoldensRBest saying she was going to be like God. 😂 When we moved into our Tomah area vacation home from the north suburbs of Chicago, the thing I missed the most were the grocery stores (well, restaurants too). When I went back to my old area to visit friends, I stepped into my neighborhood Marianos and I swear I heard angels singing.


    I found out I had stage 2 cancer after we had accepted an offer on our house but had not yet moved out. Homeless in Chicagoland with cancer. Well dang. I was in love with my cancer team so I completed all my treatments in Chicago. That was 2016. Cancer threw a monkey wrench into our early retirement plans, but we are flexible and resilient. Fast forward to 2020 and while spending the winter in Florida, I was diagnosed metastatic. Dang it, I was sure it was a sports injury. Are you sure doc that I haven’t overdone the Zumba? Pilates maybe? So although I love the lush, green rolling hills and bluffs of my region, I won’t be there much longer. As my cancer progresses, it’s clear that two homes and two sets of doctors is more then we want to manage. So after owning my one of a kind country home for 16 years, it’s time to sell. 😥 I love Naples FL (and we have great grocery stores) but I sure am going to miss my Tomah summers.

    Good luck to all in the Badger state. ❤️

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited July 2021

    Hey Jane, good to see you!

    Hi RK2020, thanks for popping in. Best wishes for life in FL. ♥

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  • GoldensRBest
    GoldensRBest Member Posts: 447
    edited July 2021

    The other thing I’m looking forward to is real restaurants. There is nothing here is Richland Center that I even want to patronize. There’s a great farm to table restaurant in Viroqua, but that’s a 40 minute drive. Cedarburg has great restaurants and close access to many more! My tastebuds are ready

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited November 2021

    been awhike since I posted here! LOL. Busy as we all are. Im in Port Washington. Hiws your move to Cedarburg going Golden?

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  • GoldensRBest
    GoldensRBest Member Posts: 447
    edited November 2021

    Moonflwr - we just moved into our Cedarburg home on Wednesday! Ahh - the chaos of unpacking😂🤣😝 but life is good. 5 minutes from our grandkids

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  • serendipity09
    serendipity09 Member Posts: 732
    edited November 2021

    Hi there!

    Golden - I hope you enjoy your new home. I go to Cedarburg quite a bit this time of year.

    Moonflwr - did you get any snow in Port Washington yesterday? I had to go to Kenosha for a MRI and it looked like a blizzard from Racine to Kenosha, but melted on contact. Very pretty though!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited November 2021

    My parents just up the road in Lake Church sent photos of a dusting of snow. Mom also went down to the Ikea and sent photos of some light snow there. When we were back in mid-September and talking about parents flying here for Christmas, dad was fretting about timing and potential snow in Chicago and flights. Everyone said "oh dad, cmon, it doesn't snow like that anymore!". Huh - maybe we were wrong!

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited November 2021

    Looking forward to buying a home back in the Northwoods and retiring there sometime next year hopefully. We were going to do it last year but with Covid, we said too risky.

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  • vlnrph
    vlnrph Member Posts: 1,632
    edited December 2021

    Weird weather forecast for tomorrow - 60 degrees and rain! Too tired to do any Christmas decorating inside and only put up a few lights outdoors this year. Anemia from treatment is slowing me down. However, I still make it to water class MWF since exercise is supposed to combat fatigue…

    We went to Cedarburg recently because my sister was the Cultural Center Artist of the Month. She dabbles in the visible whereas my skills are audible. I began violin lessons more than half a century ago. Just playing in one orchestra this season. Had to give up the 2 community groups for now.

    Mommyof3, where in the Northwoods will you be locating? We lived in Wausau for a while (also Madison). My in-laws had a summer home in Vilas county, almost in Michigan’s UP.


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  • serendipity09
    serendipity09 Member Posts: 732
    edited December 2021

    Vlnrph - sorry you the anemia has you so fatigued, but I understand. My first real outing since being diagnosed and covid was to the Packer game on Sunday. I should've went with my gut feeling that it was not a good idea. Lesson learned. I wish I had somewhere to swim near me. I love being in the water and able to do arm exercises.

    I think it's awesome that you're still playing the violin. Music is so therapeutic. My neuropathy won't allow me to do much of anything that requires my fingers, I used to play piano.

    My son and I spent the day in Cedarburg on Monday. Love Cedarburg, especially this time of year.



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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited December 2021

    Vlnrph, we are looking at the Minong area. I grew up there for the first few years of my life. My hubby likes it there too

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  • GoldensRBest
    GoldensRBest Member Posts: 447
    edited December 2021

    We just moved to Cedarburg at the beginning of November. We are 6 minutes from our daughter’s family (3 grandkids). I can’t really enjoy this lovely little town right now - anemia as well due to MBC meds, was hospitalized just after thanksgiving with sepsis and septic arthritis of the right shoulder which required a PICC line and 28 days of IV antibiotic infusions (done 12/28). Plus I’ve got long term messed up lumbar area. Can’t walk much. And now with this new variant running rampant, I don’t want to go anywhere.

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  • vlnrph
    vlnrph Member Posts: 1,632
    edited February 2022

    Oh dear, Goldens, you were just new to the area and had to be hospitalized! Hopefully your recovery went well and omicron did not find out where you were hiding. It is worth a drive to be treated at Froedtert, in my opinion. We can private message about cancer care in Ozaukee County…

    Not real snowy this winter but, pretty much staying home in order to avoid crowds and COVID, it's nice to look out the window especially during the really cold weather. Didn't even walk out to the mailbox a few times. Some warmer days caused melting which then froze resulting in icy pavement.

    There are election primaries next week. Usually not a big turnout but do consider voting. Things like school board and county supervisor races are becoming quite important. You can find very interesting info on line. Our absentee ballots arrived promptly however we returned them to city hall in person.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited March 2022

    Looks like our big move home to the Northwoods areawill be some time by the Fall. Our house here in Connecticut goes on the market later this month. Hubby retires from his job in early June.

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