We have been in Wisconsin for a month, staying a week at each of four Coast To Coast parks. At the first one I visited historical societies and library archives to gather information on my great-grandfather, William Barstow Strong, to assist a researcher in gathering information for a possible book about him. I was able to get information far beyond that I had hoped for. We also went antiquing with Dale and Mary Graves on three days!
One day trip was to Wisconsin Rapids where Jo and her family lived for 10 years ending over 20 years ago. She had not been back since. She was able to lead me directly to her home there at 111 Ash. Jo likes to tell the story that she wanted a decorative rock in the front yard and the problems of getting it placed to her liking. The rock is still there!
The family often drove to Stevens Point for ice cream, and to her happy surprise, the store was still there and doing a very good business. (The product there does not now compare with Whitey’s in the Quad Cities,though.)
In our touring, we noticed a sign for a county park named Dells of the Eau Claire River. The only Dells I had heard about are in the Wisconsin river, so we had to stop to see this one.
The river first runs through shallow rapids for perhaps a a half mile as above.
Then the river goes over falls and through a very rocky area, with lots of opportunities for swimming, sunbathing, and cliff diving for the more adventuresome. Sure enough, there were many teenagers enjoying the nice day. A diver’s head can be seen in the pool.
Here is the lower rocky area with shallow pools
Downstream the river became more placid on its way to join the Wisconsin river.
Out of many tries, I caught jumpers/divers in the air only three times. Above, the boy jumped off the low rock at the right.
Here the diver is dong a back flip off the high rock as the left.
How is this dive from the high rock described? I did not seen any of the girls diving.
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