I was at a wedding over Labor Day weekend outside of Milwaukee, and we passed this sign on the highway between Chicago and Milwaukee. It's real.
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I was at a wedding over Labor Day weekend outside of Milwaukee, and we passed this sign on the highway between Chicago and Milwaukee. It's real.
http://www.phenomsff.com/graphics/bongsign.gif
Very real and only matched by signs for this place...
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That was probably the most stolen road sign in the country prior to the introduction of security bolts.
Bong rec area is near Alpine Valley ski area where I saw phish a couple times, if i remember correctly
edit: near some ski area i think....alpine valley is a amphitheater
Alpine Valley is a ski area as well as an amphitheater. I nearly got hypothermia there seeing Pearl Jam on an early winter night in october.
Bong Rec Area is closer to Wilmot or Grand Geneva than Alpine Valley I think.
Yep, passed that sign every weekend in highschool on my way to the converted dumps.
Once designated to be a jet fighter base, Richard Bong State Recreation Area is fittingly named after Major Richard I. Bong, a Poplar, Wisconsin, native who was America's leading air ace during World War II. The project was abandoned three days before concrete was to be poured for a 12,500-foot runway. Local citizens had the foresight to protect this open space for future generations. In 1974 the state bought the land and it became the state's first recreation area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bum Z
A recreation area differs from a state park or forest in that it offers additional activities not traditionally found in state parks. Appropriate to its name, Richard Bong SRA offers an area where visitors may fly fly model airplanes, rockets, hang gliders, and hot air ballons. Richard Bong also has space to train both hunting and sled dogs, train falcons, ride an ATV trail, ride horseback on trails, and hunt in season. All such activities take place in the special use zone or managed hunt areas.
The recreation area encompasses 4,515 acres of rolling grassland, savanna, wetlands and scattered woodland. Richard Bong State Recreation Area is open year-round and has 41.1 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, snowshoeing, and dirt bike riding.
There are two family (regular) campgrounds with a total of 217 campsites, 54 of them with electric hookups. Six group campsites can accommodate 225 campers.
A permanent naturalist is on duty at Richard Bong Recreation Area, and a variety of nature education programs are offered year round. The Molinaro Visitor Center has displays and exhibits about the history of Richard Bong and plant and animal life. The cheerful solarium showcases seasonal exhibits including butterfly rearing.
The recreation area has a boat launch (electric motors only), an accessible fishing pier, and shore locations for fishing. There is a 200-foot beach with a bath house, new play equipment, volleyball nets, a ball field and horseshoe pits.
Other accessible facilities include an urban fishing pond, three hunting blinds, an observation platform at the wildlife refuge and five campsites. All picnic areas have accessible picnic tables. Buildings and most shelters are accessible as well.
How to Get There
Richard Bong State Recreation Area is 8 miles southeast of Burlington, Wisconsin, on State Highway 142. The entrance is a little less than a mile west of State Highway 75.
Was at that concert as well. It was in the 30's during the show. I'm glad I had my winter coat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ski Monkey
Lots of signs
Some funny, some not.
I had a peacoat, and some light gloves. It was genius. Great show though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grange