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the house on the rock (spring green, wisconsin)

chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
edited August 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
for those attending pj20 you may want to get out and about before or after the music. i been to the house on the rock when i was a child. it is badass. when i was a kid it was noting like it is today. i suggest this awesomeness to you because i love you all and the grand state of wisconsin has some kick ass stuff goin on.

if i were only going...but i am not, i am...dick :(

im even gonna help find y'all directions.
screwy sites so far are not helping me.
im going to find my old trucker's rand mcnally atlas

(to be continued)

anyone else may add directions and ideas for visits, pit stops, and must sees (sea's) :mrgreen:
for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    http://www.thehouseontherock.com/
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    Wow.

    It really is a house on a rock!
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    what town is alpine valley in?
    :lol:

    atlas say
    aint no town called alpine valley in WI.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited August 2011
    from alpine valley (East Troy)
    take hwy 12 east/north, which ever it is on the road sign
    go to Madison
    12 runs into hwy 60, almost
    go to Martinsville
    look for 60 east to Spring Green
    a hop skip and a jump away

    looks about 2.5 -3 hours between Alpine-Eddie and Spring Green (guessing, and i am good at it :mrgreen: )
    Madison is sandwiched between them.

    enjoy
    and thank you
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    Chad, that is a VERY long hop and skip!
    :lol:
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    unlost dogs wrote:
    Chad, that is a VERY long hop and skip!
    :lol:
    if you;re headin in from the west youre set,
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Definitely check this place out. Very whimsical and interesting. It's like entering a fairy tale world.. I haven't been there since I was a kid (8th grade field trip), but have been meaning to go back.. So cool.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Gob wrote:
    Definitely check this place out. Very whimsical and interesting. It's like entering a fairy tale world.. I haven't been there since I was a kid (8th grade field trip), but have been meaning to go back.. So cool.
    this dude knows. the place just kicks ass. i have not been there since i was in kindergarten, give or take a year.
    in 34 years or so this place has changed a bit im sure.

    if any of you find yourselves at the house on the rock, get a postcard, send it to that lady on here who collects postcards... (this idea just came to me)

    and we all wanna see pictures please
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    why now you don't pj20ng? :(
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    EmBleve wrote:
    why now you don't pj20ng? :(
    there's a few reasons. not gonna go into details. makes me sad everytime i think of it.
    so i pretend i do not care.
    gets me through i guess.


    the house on the rock kicks ass :clap: :thumbup:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    chadwick wrote:
    EmBleve wrote:
    why now you don't pj20ng? :(
    there's a few reasons. not gonna go into details. makes me sad everytime i think of it.
    so i pretend i do not care.
    gets me through i guess.


    the house on the rock kicks ass :clap: :thumbup:
    :(
    I probably won't get to see it, but it looks like quite a thing! I think I saw it once on a documentary, but I could be thinking of something else.
  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,388
    I absolutely LOVE this place. Although I have to admit that the huge clown in the circus room still scares me!
    WI '98,  WI '99 (EV),  WI '00,  Chgo '00,  MO '00,  Champaign '03,  Chgo '03,  WI '03,  IN '03,  MI '04,  Chgo '06:N1 & 2,  WI '06,  Chgo '07,  Chgo '08 (EV:N1),  Chgo '09:N1 & 2,  Chgo '11 (EV:N1),  WI '11:N1 & 2,  Philly '12,  Wrigley '13,  Pitt '13,  Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    I absolutely LOVE this place. Although I have to admit that the huge clown in the circus room still scares me!

    if it has clowns I'm not going....well, really we just don't have time to go there. :(
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 Posts: 12,632
    I was hoping to see the world's largest ball of twine. Is that near Alpine?
  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,388
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    I was hoping to see the world's largest ball of twine. Is that near Alpine?

    That's in Minnesota off Route 12, close to Willmar. I highly recommend it :lol:
    WI '98,  WI '99 (EV),  WI '00,  Chgo '00,  MO '00,  Champaign '03,  Chgo '03,  WI '03,  IN '03,  MI '04,  Chgo '06:N1 & 2,  WI '06,  Chgo '07,  Chgo '08 (EV:N1),  Chgo '09:N1 & 2,  Chgo '11 (EV:N1),  WI '11:N1 & 2,  Philly '12,  Wrigley '13,  Pitt '13,  Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 Posts: 12,632
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    I was hoping to see the world's largest ball of twine. Is that near Alpine?

    That's in Minnesota off Route 12, close to Willmar. I highly recommend it :lol:


    hmmm, I wonder if Minnesota is on the way? Need to check the map I guess
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    anything else that is a 'must see' in Wisconsin? that's near Milwaukee-ish?
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    rkcndy

    the milwaukee's best beer stand is a must see/drink.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • of.the.girlof.the.girl Posts: 10,026
    RKCNDY wrote:
    anything else that is a 'must see' in Wisconsin? that's near Milwaukee-ish?

    The Milwaukee Musuem has the China exhibit here yet. It's one of the few musuems in the states to have the honor of having this exhibit here. That's in downtown Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 Posts: 12,632
    sheila0225 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    anything else that is a 'must see' in Wisconsin? that's near Milwaukee-ish?

    The Milwaukee Musuem has the China exhibit here yet. It's one of the few musuems in the states to have the honor of having this exhibit here. That's in downtown Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.


    what? there's a lake?
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