Wisconsin Trips

The Landmark Resort offers many amenities.   Our client, John Kastner sent us another comment about his recent vacation in Egg Harbor, WI.

"Just dropping you another line.  We stayed at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.  They sure have beautiful scenery and overlook the bay.  They have common area sitting rooms with fireplaces.  We sat by the fireplace and wrote out our Chrsitmas cards.  Each building has a hot whirlpool on the first floor.  Door County has always been fascinating.  So much to see.  We will go there again and again.

Sincerely, John Kastner"

My family and I had an oppotunity to use our Sundance Vacations program to stay in a 2 bedroom condo at the Tamarack Resort in Wisconsin Dells.  We were very impressed with the warmth and coziness we felt, it was truly a home away from home.

Not far from the condo was the activity center; we participated in activities such as: Card Bingo, Nature Walks, etc…  The staff was very nice and friendly-they assisted us with our every need.  The Tamarack Resort offered a free shuttle to the Ho Chuck Casino for a night of gambling.

This was the most relaxing vacation we’ve had in a long time.  Ask us if we would do this again? Yes, yes, yes!

Thank you,                                                                                                 Geneva Harris and Family ~ Milwaukee, WI

The Rodey’s recently used Sundance Vacations to visit Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, here’s what they had to say about the vacation…

“We vacationed at the Landmark Resort in October, when the leaves were at their peak.  The view from our condo was the prettiest view we have ever had from any condo we have stayed at.   Each building has their own large jacuzzi and it was nice to relax in it each evening. We hiked in Whitefish Dunes State Park, and had a beautiful ride thru Peninsula State Park. It was interesting to stop at the roadside farmer’s markets and try their many samples.  The ferry ride to Washington Island and the Cherry Train on the island were a lot of fun.  It was very reasonably priced.  Door County has so much beauty that it makes a person feel like they are visiting Cape Cod.“                                                                         

Joan Rodey, WI                                                                                                                                                                                  

Ken and I are back from a great Sundance vacation week at the Tamarack Resort Condo in Wisconsin Dells. We purposely went after the children were in school so we could have some quiet adult time — it was great! The resort is in a great location just outside the Dells amongst the trees and away from all the manmade water parks, et al. This resort would be perfect, too, during the active summer season for a family with children who wanted to partake of the usual Dells activities.

Ken and I were looking for natural environment sites as well as unusual sites and the Dells Visitors Center was a great help. Our first stop was at a cemetery where we checked out the grave of a woman who died in Kilbourn, WI, the original name of Wisconsin Dells, but who had participated in the Civil War. She was a Confederate spy born in Virginia and who used her good looks and acting abilities to glean information from her Union beaus and passed it on to the confederate generals. She was a mere 18 yrs old and her name was Belle Boyd.

Ken & I love to golf so we spent several days at Trappers Turn Golf Club and played nine holes on The Canyon Course and nine holes on The Lake Course. The photos show the spectacular colors and views on the course along with the "fish" in the know of a tree on one of the holes.

Picture number four shows the gorgeous interior of our living room in the condo, we enjoyed the fireplace as well as all of the other features of the condo. Our only disappointment was that the washer and dryer were not in the unit as described on the website. A Tan representative helped ease our disappointment when we returned.

One unusual restaurant that we found was River’s Edge. Almost all the walls have aquariums and the various species of fish that are in the Wisconsin River were able to be seen tableside. The night we were there, I know that we adults really enjoyed viewing each aquarium in both the dining room and in the bar area. Mary Ellen is in the photo trying to help the wood carved bear land a fish but to no avail.

Another restaurant that was unusual was the Moose Jaw Pizza and Brewery. Ken tries a sample of beer from one of the many carved moose and once inside the pizza and beer were great along with many other selections of good food.

A third restaurant we found was just around the corner from the H.H. Bennett Photography Museum. That is a must see museum to see how the town of Kilbourn became the Dells. The photographs and historical notes are irreplaceable. Back to the restaurant: the view was great from the heights down into the valley of the upper dells and here too the food was reasonably priced and very good.

Sports enthusiasts would also enjoy Damon’s during Packer or Brewer games and here also the food was great.

The next photo Mary Ellen calls "Fort Solitude" — a handmade tree fort in
the middle of an open field surrounded by other fields and forests — no
house or farm to be seen for miles.

We visited two state parks that had been recommended. The next picture shows you a natural stone bridge that the Native Americans used as they walked the lands. A portion of the bridge had fallen away and left a great rock formation of a dinosaur — shown in the next photo. The park is aptly named Natural Stone Bridge Park.

The second park was call Roche Au Cri, which meant "big rocks". The photo
doesn’t really do justice to the actual height — over 650 feet and most of
the Native Americans lived on the top of the rocks as they were islands and
where Mary Ellen stood to take the photo had been under water during the
glacial melting.

Lots of great natural scenery and good places to eat that were different
from the usual Dells fare and we can’t wait to go back because there are
still so many parks and rustic roads to follow. Also had a good time at Ho Chunk Casino!

Lastly be sure and go to the American Broadway Dinner Theater. It is open year round the food is fantastic and the shows are top-notched. The price was extremely reasonable for the gourmet food and quality show.

The Nelson’s
Ken & Mary Ellen                                          Click on photos to enlarge

We stayed at Christmas Mountain Villas in September.

The cottage was very cozy and one of the cleanest

places we have stayed at.  It was very nice to have a

separate cottage so that we did not have to put up

with a neighbor’s noise.  There were a lot of things

to do there.

We went on the Ducks in the Dells, which was fun.  We

shopped at the new outlet mall.  We gambled at

Ho-Chunk, which we did a lot.  It’s too bad we

couldn’t win anything.

It was a very enjoyable, relaxing, fun vacation.

The Rodey’s

Hi, My week at The Tamarack resort in Lake Delton, Wisconsin was very enjoyable. The resorts activity center was by far the best my wife and I have come across in 2+ years of renting out condos. The condo was very comfortable and the gas fireplace was a nice thing to have on the cool evenings and mornings.  We will be returning in the future to the Tamarack resort. 

The Mielke’s