Taken On Hwy 16 Near Oakdale, WI, Oct. 6th 2001
Taken On Hwy 16 Near Oakdale, WI, Oct. 6th 2001
Saturday morning, October 5th 2001, started out as a cold crisp morning, with a bit of frost around, but not a real freeze in this area as had been perdicted. The Oakdale REC was having their annual Patronage refund breakfast starting at 9:00am and we try to go each year as it is nice to get a bit of a refund on the money you spent some years ago as well as meeting old friends over a breakfast of hot pancakes and sausages. Since the breakfast did not start until 9:am, I decided to can a few quarts of wild grape and apple juice, which, as a hot drink, really tastes good on a cold winter day.
Well like my wife Thema often says, You start these things and then we don't get started on time for what we intended to do? Guess what she was right, it was nearly 10:00am before we were on our way to Oakdale. What a beautiful day. We stopped along the way now and then and took some pictures of the colorfull fall folliage (see picture above). It was a bit after 10:15 when we arrived and already there were hundreds of people there getting their refund checks and enjoying the brekfast, the many displays and a little later a demonstration on the many things that can cause an outage on the power lines.
Demonstrates what often happens when snow gets on tree limbs and cause them
TO bend down and touch the high voltage line. Sometines only causing lights in your
home to flicker other times causing the protection breakers to kick out. His demostration
consisted of a number of incindents that cause the power to go off only temporily or for
long periods of time. Wind, Ice, trees blown on the line, animals, such as squirrls, accidently making contect from pole to the line. The picture above is demmonstrating
a tree limb contact. An interesting demonstration, Thanks Scott.
It was now a bit after 12 noon as we headed for Mill Bluff Park, about a few miles east of Oakdale on highway 16. We arrived just a few minutes to late to see the last Native American dance by a Lovely Young lady from Necedah, WI, Jarina Misener. citizen of the Sioux Nation, who had presented a number of Indian Dances for those in attendance at the (Friends For Mill Bluff Park), at their annual FALL LEAF FEATIVAL.
Jarina Visits With One Of The Hundred Or More In Attendance.
Mr. Garvin Presented A Very Informative and Intersting Slide Show
On the History Of Ho-Chunk Nation
For A Lot Of Very Interesting Information, Larry Garvin Presented--Go To:
Ho-Chunk Nation
WildCat Mountain State Park Manager
Also:
Align="Center>"SUSETTE DAUGHERTY, FORMER MANAGER
OF THE OAKDALE LEGENDS SUPPER CLUB
Who Works With Larry Garvin, At The Agency In Black River Falls.
She Also Has Her Own Craft Shop.
It was a lovely sunney but cold day, But nevertheless time well spent. Well by the time we left the Fall Foliage Festival, we rushed home and got dresssed to go out to dinner with our Son Roger, his wife Sandy and their daughter Nikki.
L-R Thema, Roger, Sandy, and Nikki
We had a delightful evening going back to Roger and Sandy's home, in Sparta, for Ice Cream and Appel Crisp. It was nearly 11:o'clock before getting home.
THAT WAS SOME LONG DAY FOR TWO OLD OLD PEOPLE