2010-2011 Circle Wisconsin Region 1 Members

The organizations/businesses listed below are members of Circle Wiconsin, a statewide destination marketing organization that specifically promotes the motor coach group travel industry.

Take some time and visit these members’ websites and see what they offer for group travel.

• Bayfield County Tourism & Recreation
• Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
• Holiday Inn Eau Claire Campus Area
• Fanny Hill Inn & Dinner Theatre
• Four Seasons Island Resort
• Heartwood Conference Center
• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Chippewa Falls
• Holiday Inn Express-Superior
• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites-Weston/Wausau
• Holiday Inn & Suites Rothschild/Wausau
• Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau
• Madeline Island Ferry Line
• Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce
• Potawatomi Carter Casino Hotel
• The Lodge At Crooked Lake
• Wausau Stoney Creek Inn

Motor Coach Stops Added for Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls has many great attractions,  culinary delights, events, and shopping options for motor coaches and we’ve added a few more to choose from. Take in a bit of history of Chippewa Falls at the Chippewa County Historical & Genealogical Society or the Chippewa Fals Museum of Industry. For the adventurous groups check out Eagle Valley Speedway with dirt track racing on Sundays, or Loopy’s Saloon, Grill, & River Rentals for tube, canoe, or kayak excursions.

For all motor coach attractions, dining, lodging, shopping, and event options visit our Group Tour page or call Allyson at 1-866-723-0037.

Did someone say service?

The  Eau Claire Holiday Inn Campus Area is big on service and comfort. Well appointed rooms are complimented by great services such as:

• Pre-registration
• Welcome Reception
• One complimentary room for 15 actualized
• Complimentary continental breakfast
• Available baggage handling
• On-site Restaurant (Green Mill)

Located in the heart of Eau Claire, it is just minutes away from top attractions like:

• Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre (check out their 2009 & 2010 schedule)
• Mabel Tainter Theater
• A ballgame with the Eau Claire Express
• Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum
• Chippewa Valley Museum

Want to see more? Check out these videos:

http://www.visiteauclaire.com/index.cfm/event/pressroomvideolibrary

Fishing School

Continuing education is a good idea for everyone! I was always told that a person should never stop learning and that continuing education does not necessarily mean within a classroom. In this case “class” takes place in northern Wisconsin on Eagle River’s famous chain of 28 lakes.  Wisconsin’s beautiful outdoors is the best “classroom” ever created.

At the Wild Eagle Lodge your group can attend Fishing School with “Muskie Matt!” (The name says it all I think…) Fishing school will be designed specifically to meet the needs of your group.

Learn more about “Muskie Matt” and the Wild Eagle Lodge here.

When you catch the biggest fish in the group be sure to send a picture to me so I can post it here on the blog: cmartens@visitwausau.com.  If all you catch is a really good fish tale, I’ll post that, too!

Going… Going …. Gone!

I am helping to put together the upcoming exhibit at the Marathon County (i.e.Wausau Area) Historical Society. I love the thrill of the research and discovering the answers to mysteries of my community’s past- the people and their stories. What can I say, old files and artifacts excite me.

Our upcoming exhibit has been particularly fun to help put together- items that were once a familiar part of our everyday life that are now fading from memory. It is a question that I have asked lots of friends while readying the exhibit, “What do you not see any more?”  With just a little bit of thought folks start listing off all sorts of things:

• The milkman
• Floppy discs
• Beta tape players
• Outhouses
• Bridge parties
• Boom boxes
• Things that are repaired, not thrown out
• AM radios (just AM- no FM)
• Shorthand and the secretary pool
• Cassette tapes, 8-Tracks, 78′s, 45′s and 33′s
• Flashbulbs (flashcubes)

The list gets longer all the time! What would you add to this list? What will your kids add to this list now- or in 10 years?

The exhibit will be open in mid-June 2009 through May 2010 at the Woodson History Center. It will be  a great addition to your tour of the Cyrus Yawkey Home (located just across the street) and historical tour of the Andrew Warren Historic District.

Better head over there now before it’s… “Going… Going… Gone!”

Conatct Christine at the Wausau/Central WI CVB for more information- 888.948.4748 or cmartens@visitwausau.com. I suppose you could send a letter… do people still use the US Mail?