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Finally the Christmas fun begins. So I choose nearest place to view Christmas lights. It was a little cold so we decided to drive by the street and enjoy the view. History of Candy Cane Lane Candy cane Lane holiday lights had started In the year of  1984. These holiday lights are not sponsored by any professional. But  the group of neighbors living in West Allis, Wisconsin decorate their houses. The donations collected on Candy Cane Lane will go to the MACC (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.)  Fund.  They collect donations in honor of a neighbor's child. The neighbors worked in concert in decorating their homes and encouraged visitors to make a small donation as they drove through the festively enhanced neighborhood. (Source:- candy cane lane website) All the money raised went to support research, treatment, and the eventual discovery of a cure for childhood cancers and related blood diseases. Candy ...

Holiday light displays are one of my favorite event for this time of year. So, I found out a few of the larger displays in Wisconsin. I am sure you will also love these A. Free light shows 1. Milwaukee Holiday lights festival In Milwaukee downtown three parks are lit up with colorful lights:-  Cathedral Square Park, Pere Marquette Park and Zeidler Union Square. Either you can visit all three park separately or hop on the Jingle bus for a warm and cozy narrated tour of the festive season.  Starting address:- Pete Marquette Park, 900 N Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Jingle bus tickets and boarding:- Shops of Grand Avenue – Center Court, 275 W. Wisconsin Avenue Timing:- holiday lights :- November 20 – December 27, Jingle Bus :- Thursdays – Sundays | 6pm – 8:20 pm Length:- November 20 – December 27 every year. 2. Rotary Holiday lights, La Crosse The La Crosse's Riverside park illum...

This was almost the last weekend to enjoy the fall colors, so I don't want to miss this chance to get the last glimpse of fall leaves. So I immediately checked fall color report and door county had 100% fall colors. So we decided to go door county on Saturday. I found out places to go and also figure out the route. I saw the news in the evening and came to know there are chances of rain. So I check out weather app and it said 90% chance of rain till Saturday afternoon. Finally, at night we drop the idea of door county trip. On Saturday night we were checking what to do on Sunday and my husband said, let's check out the weather of door county on Sunday. And guess what it was sunny whole day. Although the temperature was in the 50's, but until it is sunny we can bear.  How to get there? You can land on any of three airports Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay. You take a rental car from airport rentals and head to the Door County. Tips to explore Peninsula State Par...

Kettle moraine is one of the best scenic drive I ever had. There is two way of these drive you can go either north to south or south to north. As I live in south Wisconsin, we decided to go farthest point first so we went to Start point of north to south drive. I would advise you to Download direction instructions PDF from these link. Kettle moraine scenic drive  . The reason why to keep print out because if you miss any turn you will get away from scenic drive. So better to be prepared I lost my path twice but thank god I had the direction instructions with me. Start point of north to south drive starts from outside of  Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park, Tower and Wildlife Area. So we first went to check out the view from tower. If you are planning to visit Marsh tower than get ready to clime stairs around 4 floors. So started our scenic drive after exploring marsh tower. In these drive you will see many small towns and forest areas. Within 3 miles you wil...

You must heard about road America racing in Sheboygan county. If not, then don't worry, you got plenty of reason to explore this town. These time my trip was unplanned almost. I was very excited to view fall colors and that too in Wisconsin as I heard that fall in Wisconsin is a lot of fun. I searched so many places to view fall colors. Than I check fall color report of Wisconsin. Wisconsin tourism have their own website Wisconsin fall color report . So I found out the places for hiking with 100% fall colors. But then on Thursday night weather channel exploded with whole day temperatures in 30s, and I was not quite ready for winter yet. So since Friday morning I started exploring where to go on Saturday. And I found out ELKHART lake town. Elkhart Lake How to get there? You can land on any of three airports Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay. You can take a rental car from airport rentals and head to the Elkhart Lake. Tips to explore Elkhart Lake If you ar...

Me and my husband are rain lovers. We moved to States before two and half year. We moved to Seattle so you can imagine you should love rain anyway. As we love rain we enjoyed staying in Seattle so much.  I know many people don't like to go outside during its raining and some like us loves to get wet.  So I thought to share my experience of how to enjoy even if it's raining outside. 1. Long drive Long drive is my all time favorite activity. I love that rain drops splashing on your windshield and trying to touch you. I feel Wet road, drive and playing soft music is best romantic moment anyone can thought on rainy day. Isn't it? 2. Enjoy Hot coffee at your patio If the weather is cold than you might don't want to get wet but still want to enjoy rain, definitely you can. You can stand at you patio or balcony and  watch rain drops falling on ground.  I love watching rain drops and having hot coffee. As I stay in apartment there is big sliding w...