Well, I may have talked about how a Dollar Tree used to be in Whitewater in an older post, but NOW, here is some news…the chain is returning to the community soon enough! That is right, a second Dollar Tree (although not in the same location as the one that used to be in the plaza mall years ago) is being opened soon enough. Where the second Dollar Tree will be is by the Whitewater FortHealth Care Therapy building (the space by there had been an empty grassy field for many years). Anyway, you also remember that Dollar General I […]
Where a “Spin-Off” of a Chain Outlives That Chain…
Well here, you might have heard of a problem in recent years that some retail stores having been struggling and dying, partly thanks to online competitors. However, I have actually seen on the internet that a subgroup of a dead chain can actually still be around! And you bet in this post, I will give you an example of just that… You know about the now defunct retail chain Shopko? Well, you might also have heard that the chain went out of business several years ago… …however,
Just When it Appears That All Hope is Lost..
Well, today is my Aunt Sue’s 65th birthday, so happy birthday to her, and congrats on making it six and a half decades! Anyway, you might not remember this, but over half a decade ago, I chatted about how resort hotel chain Kalahari had already opened locations in Wisconsin Dells, Sandusky, Ohio, as well as Ponoco Mountains, Pennsylvania, but its originally planned location in Fredericksburg, Virginia was still in question. Well, I have been looking this up a lot more recently, and I can tell you that status of Kalahari Resorts in Virginia now… Well, I am definitely sorry to […]
When You May Become a Member of More Than One Pool
First of all, I just bet you have had an experience swimming around in a pool, somewhere. How about in one in someone’s backyard, at a YMCA, or Kalahari or Great Wolf Lodge?
A Community Center’s Understanding…
You might have stepped in your OWN town hall at some point in your life, although have you ever been in any others than your own? Suppose they have had the community center hand something the one in your community did not, or the other way around?
CNW – The Railroad May be Long Gone, but 1385 & 175 are Steaming Back to Life
Have you ever been familiar with a certain type of steam locomotive? Have you ever seen more than one steam locomotive type in general? Well, I will bet incredibly few people have ever seen two of the same type of steam engine operating nowadays. You may not be being these two operating together anytime soon, but two steam locomotives of the same type are currently being restored to operating condition in different parts of the Midwest… Now, one of these restorations takes place at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, which is in my state of Wisconsin. The other? […]
On a Road to Be Ever Grand!
I will just bet that you have heard the statement, “better than ever.” It may be like that with certain places or food being served, you know! In this post, I will discuss that about a certain museum in Illinois, and the largest one of its type in the nation…
Where Irvin L. Young Lives
Now I am positive that you have heard of memorials such as the Washington Monument, and the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. Have you ever been familiar with a place named in honor of a person more in your own area, however?, Well, I will give you TWO examples (named after the same person) in MINE…
Wanna Know An Eatery That Flies? Here Is One…
Well, certainly I have chatted about restaurants in earlier posts, although have you ever dined at one located in an airport? If you have, then perhaps it was one of those larger city ones. However, did you also know that there can be smaller airports (you know, ones that are mainly used by smaller propeller-driven planes) can have such restaurants as well? That is right, and my father and I have eaten at one such smaller airport restaurant a few times. First of all, where is airport simply is? It is southwest of Janesville and north of Beloit in Wisconsin, […]
Some Parks With Views
Now, we all have been to a park in our lives. Have you ever really paid attention to what surroundings different parks have, however? Well, we can look at a few examples from the town where I live… First of all, we have Starin Park (which is not far at all from where I live). By it is the university, as well as the house area where our home is located.