The Peterson Website

In July, we took a 4-day camping trip near Taylor Park Reservoir which is near the small town of Buena Vista.  We stayed at one of the local campgrounds called "Dinner Station," that was used as a stage coach stop back in the 1800's.

Taylor Park is known as a great place for ATVing, as one can ride their ATV directly from their camp location.  This saves one from having to unload/load a trailer, along with the travel time.  Most of the individuals where fairly courteous by keeping their speeds and noise down in the campground.

Taylor Park is also known for its fishing, with large lake trout in the reservoir, along with the numerous streams.  Garrett did catch a nice little trout that he was proud of...it was also his first experience in cleaning a fish.

Here are a few pictures of the Taylor Park area...

Links to the Taylor Park Area:

Taylor Park Marina

Taylor Park Trading Post

Back in June 2008, we traveled back to Wisconsin to visit family and a bit of vacation.   Of course, we managed to time this trip with some of the worst weather that Wisconsin has seen for some time.   

We started our trip visiting Jeff's family in the small town of Viroqua, Wisconsin.  We were amazed with all of the damage to the various roads, bridges, and dams that had occurred due to the heavy rain.  During our stay here, we took Garrett to the small 2 room school that Jeff attended from 1st - 4th grade.  We then managed to take a river boat cruise up the Mississippi.