Boat parked up on beach
Getting ready to go tubing
Tubing pictures
Nice scenry on Wisconsin River
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Boat parked up on beach Getting ready to go tubing Tubing pictures Nice scenry on Wisconsin River
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| Author: | M3eater [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
WOW ... nice scenery! |
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| Author: | robbo3 [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Great pictures. I'd be interested to hear where you put in to boat on the river, I didn't realize much of that was large enough for boating or tubing. |
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| Author: | farleywilbur [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
How do you like that Booster Ball? Make a big difference towing the tube? |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
robbo3 wrote: Great pictures. I'd be interested to hear where you put in to boat on the river, I didn't realize much of that was large enough for boating or tubing. Well we stayed at Holiday Shores Campground and they have there own small marina there. Just off there beach the river is like a small lake big enough for tubing and what not. From there it is about 7 miles they tell me up river into the damn in town. If your looking for a nice campground for a good price I would check it out. We stay for 4 days and had a good time. Lot to do there. Check out there website. Only thing I have to complain about it the actual launch situation itself. Kinda a crappy set up. You have to launch boat, park trailer in designated area, unhook truck, take truck back to campsite and walk back down to boat. They don't allow you boat or trailer to be kept at your site. |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
farleywilbur wrote: How do you like that Booster Ball? Make a big difference towing the tube? Booster ball sure helps with rope drag in the water and helps some what on splashing the rider, but not perfect. You still get a little water splashing at the riders I am told. Sure is APITA to have in the boat though. Thing sure is bigger than it looks and with the rops attached at both ends the get tangled a lot between changing riders on the tube. Twice I had everything get wrapped up under my outdrive while floating and waiting for the next riders to get on. |
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| Author: | jerry540i [ Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Don't know if its the reflections, but the water looks brown in most of the photos. Yuck. |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
jerry540i wrote: Don't know if its the reflections, but the water looks brown in most of the photos. Yuck. It is very brown, but the whole river is that way. I am told it is because of the tamarc tree forest the river flows through and the roots cause this color. It is basically tanic acid which you will find is the brown color in most soft drinks. |
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| Author: | 97_245_sd [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Having grown up in South Georgia, all the rivers, lakes are the same colors from the Cypress Trees. Looks nasty but it is just tinted water that is clean, not dirty. The soft drink analagy is a good one. |
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| Author: | jerry540i [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
I grew up boating on Georgian Bay. I guess I've come to expect that all water is clear!! Out water is crystal clear, and you can easily see 40-50 feet down on some days, depending on the sunlight angle. Water color is all shades of blue, from the turquoise you see in the Caribbean to dark blue, almost black in deep, deep water. J/ |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Most of the water in Wisconsin is a brownish color except the smaller lakes further north which are pretty clear. Lakes in my area are all brownish. Doesn't help that the average depth on the lakes we boat on is about 5-7 feet except in the river channels that get up to 30 feet. Even Lake Winnebago as big as it is only gets up to 20 feet in the middle. |
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| Author: | aguyindallas [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Wow...only 5-7 average depth...thats nuts. No wonder its brown...the mud must always stay stirred up. |
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| Author: | Jim_R [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Clear (not brown) water where I boat in Wisc., and I've seen 105 ft on my depth gauge. Much smaller lake though, the whole chain of lakes is a drop in a bucket compared to Winnebago. |
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| Author: | farleywilbur [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
jerry540i wrote: I grew up boating on Georgian Bay. I guess I've come to expect that all water is clear!! Out water is crystal clear, and you can easily see 40-50 feet down on some days, depending on the sunlight angle. Water color is all shades of blue, from the turquoise you see in the Caribbean to dark blue, almost black in deep, deep water. J/ Yes Georgian Bay is very beautiful but damn the water is cold! I just did a three day trip in the last week of June from Port Elgin up to Tobermory and around the islands up north of Tobermory. We covered 180 miles and the average water temperature was 58-60 degrees with the warmest we saw was about 63. It was hot out so you wanted to swim but just dipping a foot in cured that thought! Check out Cove Island if you ever get up that way. Great lighthouse and island worth exploring. |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pictures from Our trip to Wisconsin Dells last weekend |
Jim_R wrote: Clear (not brown) water where I boat in Wisc., and I've seen 105 ft on my depth gauge. Much smaller lake though, the whole chain of lakes is a drop in a bucket compared to Winnebago. I want to get out to the chain some day. |
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