Hey Jim Franklin: Travel Report...

[Wilson L. Deaton]

Jim,

I just returned from a cross state trip. It's not exciting but here are some "things" from the trip.

First, here is a map of my journey:

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Wisconsin was also the southern terminus of the glaciation of the last great ice age. This rest area (about 30 miles east of Madison) sign talks about the "drumlins" you find in the areas as a result:

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Baraboo lies between Madison and Mauston. This info sign was at a rest area in that area:

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Wisconsin has been the nations #1 producer of cranberries for the last 12 years. This is an post-harvest cranberry bog from between Mauston and Sparta:

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Wilson

[Wilson L. Deaton]

Sorry, everyone!

Hey, moderator, I meant to put this on general discussion forum. Could you move it?

Wilson

[John Kennedy]

Let's not act hastily in moving this thing. For all we know there may well be some unresolved theological issues implicit in both drumlins and cranberry bogs.
For instance, some 'young earth' creationists could be upset by the hint that the whole process may have taken a bit longer.
As for the circus marker, you need to be reminded that the Special Rules prohibited attendance at those forms of entertainment.

[Gina Stevenson]

Let's not act hastily in moving this thing. For all we know there may well be some unresolved theological issues implicit in both drumlins and cranberry bogs.
For instance, some 'young earth' creationists could be upset by the hint that the whole process may have taken a bit longer.
As for the circus marker, you need to be reminded that the Special Rules prohibited attendance at those forms of entertainment.

Or, was the ground hallowed enough for cranberries ... only bogs I've heard of were out east ........... hmmmmmmm ... Wisconsin bogs; never knew. Makes me wonder if we've got some in Michigan about which I do not know. Google time, hey? :cool:

EDIT: Oh, my goodness! Here we've grown them over 100 years! Don't recall hearing of them at all, like we always do/did about apples, tart cherries, etc. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

http://www.centennialcranberry.com/

Can't believe it's been here for well over 100 years, and I didn't notice it! ;o)

[Wilson L. Deaton]

Or, was the ground hallowed enough for cranberries ... only bogs I've heard of were out east ........... hmmmmmmm ... Wisconsin bogs; never knew. Makes me wonder if we've got some in Michigan about which I do not know.

Can't believe it's been here for well over 100 years, and I didn't notice it! ;o)

Cranberries from "out east" and from Michigan? The idea isn't exactly blasphemous but its in that area! (That's almost as bad as the TV commercials that push cheese from California cows.)

Also, I definitely see an opening to make some remarks concerning "well over100 years," and you not noticing, and what this might say about your age (for example, "Perhaps when cranberries were first kidnapped to Michigan it was when you were just a teenager and didn't care about such things.")... but I'll be good and not say things like that. :basic05

Wilson

[Wilson L. Deaton]

This cross-state trip included a district pastor's meeting in Tomah where I sat by your pastor for a few hours--both in meeting and at lunch!

Actually, I have another connection to your area this weekend. Karen Boeselager will be our houseguest this weekend. (It's a small world, afterall...) Karen lived down here before she married Bill. They now pastor Danbury but still live in Spooner.

Wilson

[Jim Franklin]

Thank you for your report. Wilson. You are leading the class and I expect many others to participate. Yes, in Physical Geography and Physicgrapher we had considerable study in drumlins. They were particularly used by Native Americans as sites for communication by smoke signals and also burial grounds. Perhaps that placed them closer to the Great Spirit and the Happy Hunting Grounds.

Gina, check the recipe forum for my hot apple cider in which I include a portion of cranberry juice. Cranberries like a good snappy apple require a quite cool and rainy climate known by Geographers and Climatologists as Cool Humid Continental. With the Great Lakes nearby there is plenty of water to create the necessary bog environment.

As others make their contributions I will try to present my Geographers view and insight into the topic of their contribution.

[Jen Blackburn]

hope you said hi to pastor dave for MEEEE too :D he was mom's pastor before she moved to michigan a couple months ago -- and it *IS* a small world. bill boeslager was the realtor that helped mom sell her home ;)


and gina! wisconsin is one of the leaders in cranberry producers!!! i've driven past those very bogs many a time myself :)

[David Cash]

This cross-state trip included a district pastor's meeting in Tomah where I sat by your pastor for a few hours--both in meeting and at lunch!

Actually, I have another connection to your area this weekend. Karen Boeselager will be our houseguest this weekend. (It's a small world, afterall...) Karen lived down here before she married Bill. They now pastor Danbury but still live in Spooner.

Wilson

I was at my pastor's Greek class the evening he got back from Tomah. (He's got about three of us studying Greek with him on Thursday nights.) We had Bill Boeslager speak for us one evening in October and I appreciated his message. When I saw your route, I wondered if that might not be where you'd been. My sister worked for the same company as Bill and his late wife before he was a Christian.

Oh, and I am a young earth creationist and the part about the ice age and drumlins didn't offend me.

I also did some seasonal work in cranberry bogs here in Wisconsin years ago. Thought it was miserable work then. Don't know how I'd feel about it now.

David Cash