Wandawega Blog Archive
Now Available: “American Getaway” Podcast
American Getaway: The Very True, Very Strange Story of Camp Wandawega, is a six-part audio series available to stream and download on Spotify and Apple Podcast. This limited series tells the stranger-than-fiction story of an infamous lakeside property in southeastern Wisconsin that was once a brothel and speakeasy before later transforming into a family resort, a Catholic retreat center, and a summer camp. Today, the property is owned and operated by a Chicago couple, David Hernandez and Tereasa Surrat, and is listed on the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places. Brothel, speakeasy, hideout, refuge, summer camp. For the past 100 years,…
Coffee at Camp (in two acts)AKA:Research for something special weve been working on – launching this summer We did a little The 15 cup challengeAKA:15 days15 ways 15 spots around camp>> serving up a carousel this morning of 120 seconds of fueling up >> honestly we just ran out of time to get the other spots around camp where get & make their cup of Joe. But a solid try.I realized two key things :1. Im a hoarder of coffee pots.2. Im not sorry (Fighting the urge to expand the offerings) Ideas welcome.Love these research days
I think we have our weekend plans set nowChop your own wood and it will warm you twice. – Henry Ford …Tales from the woodshed, shared by : @saracovey @bekawriedt @bestmadeco bestmadeco …#wandawega #wandawegawoodshed #wisconsintourism #travelwisconsin #camping #campstyle
The seasons first group came for the early spring hikes, yoga, and soaked up some wisco wilderness – looking forward to having them back this fall for their the big takeover retreat. Deets at @homecomingretreats
Spring cleaning in the camp store.If these walls could talktheyd never shut up.A lot of things go down over the course of a century in old mom & pop remote Wisco resorts like this.Every once in a while we find clues- (most recently, a new stash of newspaper articles about the owners during prohibition) Weve been working on something to tell the whole story, we’ll be sharing soon. .Photos by @cshimala and @sdamiani ..#wisconsintourism #prohibition #rathskellar #wisconsintourism
Testing out what it must feel like being a drunk/lost bird flying through the house
Weekend vibes Reporting from #WandawegaHillhouse & the bunk house.Making our find out what winter broke and fix it spring rounds .Shared by @sdamiani #wisconsintravel #wisconsintourism #camplife #campvibes
The field house.Built for explorers. Modeled after the national park ranger stations and Scout camp nature stands. Its jam packed with everything to guide guests as they explore the outdoors. So, the snow has melted. And we now find ourselves taking stock of what was eaten by all the woodland creatures over the winter.Turns out, they like to eat textiles. AndMother Nature likes to warp anything thats thinner than a clipboard. Otherwise, it weathered its first the wisco winter like a champ.Now we restock for high season, when we welcome back guests of all walks of life- Inuding the furry sort who have been hoarding nuts in here like theyll never eat again. .Pics and clips @sdamiani @oolretaw .#travelwisconsin #campstyle #wisconsintourism #wandawega
