By Aly Prouty Wisconsin
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WISCONSIN Midwest Living finally released its official 2021 Best of the Midwest list, and we re happy, but not surprised, to say that Wisconsin won quite a few categories.
Wisconsin s first winner is in the Wellness division. Kohler s Water Spa Experience came out on top in the Spa Experience category. The spa is complete with plenty of water treatment rooms, a rooftop deck, whirlpool, a fireplace, and more amenities to up your relaxation.
For more information on the spa experience, click here.
Wisconsin had another winner in the Wellness division, but this one is under the Places to Paddle category. Many nature lovers will be satisfied to know that Apostle Islands National Lakeshore took the cake here. While it s a bucket-list destination for kayakers, there s also a little something for everyone with camping, cruise, boating,
BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) The striking ice caves on Lake Superior will not open this season. Officials at northern Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands National Lakesh
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In 2014 and 2015 the Apostle Islands Ice Caves drew thousands of people to the icy shores of Lake Superior.
There won’t be a chance of that this year.
Despite the recent cold snap, the National Park Service says the lake ice isn’t stable enough to allow people to walk out and view the ice caves.
Apostle Islands Resource Management Chief Julie Van Stappen says we need weeks of cold to create ice that extends from Bayfield to the northshore of Lake Superior.
MODIS imagery of the ice cover on Lake Superior in 2014.
Credit Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
“The ideal conditions for good ice is cold, calm, with very little snow. So that’s that situation we had in 2014 and that really cold weather started very early. We were getting ice as early as December,” said Van Stappen.
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