dabend wrote:Thanks for the info on the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. I've been whittling since I was a kid and have every book E.J. Tangerman ever wrote and his whittling looks very similar to that in the Levi Ames collection. Kohler State park and that museum are definitely going on my travel destination ideas list.
Darrin, the museum was totally great. A real treat. If you enjoy carving wood that Ames collection was such a total surprise to us and you'll love seeing it. I was not familiar with EJ Tangerman and looked him up. So thanks for the tip on his writings.
Arrived in Mauston Wisconsin this afternoon (Thursday, Sept 22) for the CampOut weekend sponsored by CampInn. When we arrived at Castle Rock Park there were already many teardrop campers set up.... many CampInn teardrops along with some other campers. Since we left from Massachusetts a week and a half ago we hadn't hooked up once to shore power. Due to some rainy/cloudy days we were getting down to around 57% state of charge. There's an electrical hook up at our site here so thought it best to tap in. Back up to 100% in no time and we don't have to worry about leaving the lights on.
Our neighbor, who has a CampInn 560 model, gave us a tour of his rig. Really nice. Loved the way the stove slid into the cabinetry. He also came over while I was chopping wood with my long handled ax to show us this single piece device called a KINDLING CRACKER. It's a blade within 2 rings (configured like a stand, image attached). A log is placed on the blade and you whack the log with a mallet forcing the log to split on the blade. I thought that was great. I'd never seen that before. Then later, in the dark, someone else came over to say hello and it was TimC from TNTTT. Really nice to meet him and place a face with the name. He brought over some pastys which was really nice. Can't wait to wake up and have them for breakfast. I believe some other TNTTT members will be here. Looking forward to meeting them and looking forward to a great weekend (CampInn factory tour, Cranberry festival, big pot luck dinner Saturday evening.... etc). Traveled over 1600 miles so far. And back to having internet connectivity. At the last site I found connecting was minimal at best. Going to look into a satellite connection of some sort, but for now, able to connect. The temps are dropping a bit, although toasty in our teardrop.
John