We are making our list of FAV WANDAWINTER ACTIVITIES to update our website -Any other ideas to add?.Snow shoeingCross country skiingSleddingIce skating Trail hikes ..Wandawega winter hiking shots by @bobcoscarelli
Winter guests!We love hosting all types.And were so excited to get to host two creative retreats for brands that we love in the next couple weeks, back to back: the creative minds behind @intelligentsiacoffee And@lululemon are coming with their best and brightest change makers, millennials, power house women (and men) to collaborate and ideate and dream big for 2020 and beyond. .. (The cow wont be attending this year- she came as a guest of @landsend ).Our new ice rink has promised to be nice and frozen in time Heres to a white winter from here to spring And heres to a new year of creating experiences to inspire each other and the people behind the brands we love..Photos by @bobcoscarelli @davidtsay @landsend
Welcome.It took us two years to transform the 1920s fishing cabin on the land at the edge of camp before we could finally open its the doors to guests..When winter hits in wisco- the #wandawegahillhouse Turns into a snowglobe. ..Most guests light the fire, put on a record from the library, grab a bottle, a jigsaw puzzle and cook a gigantic meal.It wouldnt have happened if it wasnt for our collaborators and build sponsors @kohler @rejuvenation .and also those who helped us stock it for guests @shinola @lamarzoccohome @struggle_inc @fireclaytile @lalunecollection. ..Were excited to share it with everyone as our more civilized accommodation in what is otherwise old fashioned camp.Welcome back, winter! .. @bobcoscarelli design @cargo_north
We want to spend all our days just curling up with Charliegirl .One of our favorite collaborations – with some of our favorite people – the Wandawega Hotel Suite at the @graduatehotels @dwellmagazine in todays profile line / take us back ..With @gwelemos. . @bobcoscarelli @nicolemarietoalson @petercreigtoalson at @graduatemadison.. https://tinyurl.com/yedqv2g7
We wish we could go from spring flowers (spreading wildflowers seeds On every available inch of dirt here is an annual thing) .To sunny green summer with tall grasses and thick wooded trails . ….To bright yellow and red autumn piles of leaves . … to thick blankets of pristine snow ..But apparently Wisconsin has different weather plans for us all. Her plans include Painting everything gray and fluctuating between frozen mud and muddy mud. .But we refuse to let it dampen our spirits. The snowmobiles are still getting tuned up now- and even though our new icerink is basically a single thin ice cube sheet floating in a basketball court pool- .we are ready for you winter to show us your best face now – We wanna go ice fishingAnd snow shoeingAnd ice skatingAnd snowmobiling .And be able to walk across the yard with getting stuck in the mud.
The struggle of running a small business in the country is real (zero glamour in shoveling a field of muddy ruts this past week after transplanting three 18ft oak trees) ..Thank you to @ruralrevivalco for having us on your podcast to talk about the ugly backside of all that Instagram hides so well. (Like this 1st awkward family photo- anybody who knows us will tell you that its not even close to the reality around here)We are admittedly partial to rural businesses (having grown up in a farm town of 4K) but we love that the folks at Rural Revival really do support small towns and the mom-and-pops that are carving out their dreams in them.We love to see a farmstand grow to then travel to urban farmers markets and then end up getting national distribution.Or the woodworker who earns a global audience out of his barn in the country – because hes that good.The lady selling antiques out of a booth at the flea market opening a storefront – and then two..The couple that opens up a retro RV park in the middle of nowhere, that draws people from everywhere. ..#- its made us appreciate the power of passion, and that smaller towns cant hold back bigger dreams. .(Looking at you, sis! @crowebootandshoeco ) .(Episode link on todays profile line) And https://tinyurl.com/sdlwjys
LAUNCHING THIS SPRING!CAMP WANDAWEGA PROGRAMMINGThe only thing our counselors like more than hanging out with you,is ordering you around while they do it.When folks come here, we give them a DIY packet at registration-so they can spend their days planning their own adventures with our available activities & equipment. But after years of guests asking for more guided activities, were finally ready to launch our counselor/instructor/guide-ledclasses, workshops & lessons.BOOKINGS OPEN FOR GUESTS THIS SPRING. .TO LEARN MORE, SEE:https://tinyurl.com/vg5dplv and our profile line ..Instructional Archery + Tomahawk Throwing.* Guided Nature Hike (+ Night Hike).* Basic SurvivalSkills.* Knot Tying (Boy Scout style).* Fire Building (full site build, intensive).* Teambuilding (did someone say trust-fall?).* Fishing led by licensed guide.* Embroidery Class.* Macrame Workshop.* Night at the Movies (old school camp movie library or BYOM) ..+Raccoon Ropin (read disclaimer on our site to learn more).We are so lucky to have camp directors who have spent their careers at summer camps across the country as counselors, instructors and guides- thank you @bhwoodworks @ahutchgram
Dear 2019,Good rIddance. You kicked our butts.You gifted us permit delays, work burnout, flooded grounds, failed transmissions, rising lake waters and sinking structural foundations. But,you were also the year that kicked our butts in the way that we needed it most. allowing us to see some of our little newdreams finally come to fruition.With that gift of perspective, heres what ended up being our BEST 9 for 2019 :.1. Partnering with our dream brand, @AIRBNB for their superhosts campaign.2. Signing for with @SCHOLASTICBOOKCLUBS.3. Launching our new mukluks line at @FREEPEOPLE.4. Receiving a “Best Hotels in the World” from@FodorsTravel designation .5. Getting the chance to host some fav brandsincluding @KnobCreek Rye @PATAGONIA @ABERCROMBIE @lululemon @intelligentsiacoffee and @SOHOHOUSE.6. Hosting “WEDDING OF THE YEAR” recognition(& our first trans nuptials) in the same month.7. Finally making the pages of @NEWYORKTIMES (+ @Outsidemagazine, @ReadersDigest, @USAToday).8. Reaching a personal goal of getting the cover of @CountryLivingMag .9. Debuting our CREATIVE-IN-RESIDENCE program & underprivileged Kid’scamp.Camp.- We saw your retaining walls fail. Your permitsstall.Your basements flood.Your furnaces break (TWOof ’em!).But we also saw you take over @Abercrombie stores across the country, your book licensed for France publication and ….you helped us finally find the two most amazing Camp Directors a small family business could dream of. ..If 2020 keeps its promises, we will break ground on the years-in-the-making new rusticcamping cabinsthis spring.So,dearest 2019, while you are the reason were so exhausted,you were also the foundation for us to launch so many long-time-dreams coming in 2020. .Were older, grayer and more hopeful thanwe can ever remember. Heres to our family and friends – may all your dreams come true in 2020!Love,Camp
When your kid drags you out of bed to come see the smoke on the water and do a polar plunge in what was supposed to be an ice rink.. (Is it still polar when Its 60 degrees out In December Im wisco?!)
