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Category: A little of this and a little of that. | Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:34 pm

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Hi all: Here are a few pic's of our fun trip to the neat town of Galena along the Mississippi river we took on Aug. 27-29th. The weather was a bit warm but the scenery kept you ohhhing and ahhhhing. The town of Galena is very quaint with a lot of older brick buildings as you can see from the one photo I took of the still working fire station. The hills surrounding the area were spectacular. Almost looked like mountains but are just foot hills really.
We had not made reservations anywhere. So when we arrived around 2:30 in the afternoon we figured we should find a place to stay overnight. We had our little dog Tootsie with us so it had to be pet friendly.
3 hotels later and no rooms available I was wondering how far out of town we would have to go. One hotel gave us the phone number for a Resort named, Chestnut Mountain. I had saw it online when I was checking out pet friendly places we could stay. But figured that a Resort would be more expensive then a reg. hotel. So I said a little prayer and said that if this was the place we were suppose to stay they would have a room available.
So I called them and they said yes they had a pet friendly room available with two double beds. Just what we where looking for. Thank you Lord. Now for the cost of the room. When they said 119.00 I had to ask them to repeat it. We had checked with one other Resort that did have a room but they wanted 189.00 per night and a non-refundable 75.00 payment for the dog. NO WAY!
So I asked how far out of town they where. She said 8 miles and we were on our way. She tried to give me directions but lost me after the last turn here. So we plugged the address into our GPS and off we went. We drove on a pretty narrow country road. Up hill and down and finally saw the Chestnut Mountain Resort sign. With a sigh of relief we turned down the road and in a little bit saw this lodge slowly appear in front of us that looked like a Swiss Chalet.
Wow, the place was so nice. We checked in and were given two $10.00 meal vouchers to use for breakfast. They had two dinning areas. One was a casual dining area and the other a more formal one. We always opted for the casual. The food was great and the views were spectacular.
Once in our room I petted Tootsie and said thank you for getting us such a great place to stay. By that time is was 5:00pm. So we ate supper and took Toot's for a walk and looked at the wonderful view. The Lodge is a Ski lodge with 8 ski runs. They also have an Alpine sled that you can ride down to the bottom of the main ski hill and then you take the chair lift back up to the top.
So on Sunday after breakfast and a dog walk. We put Tootsie in the car and headed for the Alpine sled run.
Weeeeeee, went down the run and then headed over to the tour boat that took us out for an 1 1/2 hr. ride on the Mississippi river. Very relaxing and peaceful. Once back to the dock we headed to the chair lift and road up to the top and fetched Tootsie out of the car. It was time for another dog walk. We decided to stay one more night to go into Galena and see all the neat shoppes and old buildings. When we went to tell the desk clerk we were staying one more night she said that our cost would only be 89.00 for that night. Plus they once again gave us each a 10.00 dollar meal ticket for breakfast. So for both night we really only paid a total of 179.00 plus tax. What a blessing. We got in the car around 10:00 am and had a leisurely 4 1/2 drive back home. So here are just a few of the pic's I took of that beautiful place. If you ever want to go somewhere for a vacation get away I would recommend you go to Chestnut Mountain Resort.


Historic Mining town near Mineral Point, Wis ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Shake rag? ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Pendarvis Historic mining town. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Galena, Illinois old fire station still operating. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Part of Chestnut mountain lodge. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






My honey with lodge in background. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Lodge ski store with lodge off to the left. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






View of Mississippi from top of one of the ski hills. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Mississippi view from our room. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Weee going down the Alpine sled run. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Bottom of sled run with chair lift off to the right. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Little tour boat waiting for us to board. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






View of Lodge as we rode up on the ski lift. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Sunset view from our room. A beautiful end to a wonder trip.. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






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Sjoerd wrote on Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:18 pm:

Hello Tooty2,

This was a good posting. The pics were especially nice to see. I like it when folks show little bits and pieces from their country.

It sounds like your visit was a good one with lots to do.

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Philip Nulty wrote on Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:29 pm:

Lovely pictures,..and you were very lucky to find this place,..pet friendly and not too expensive,..we just had a TV program about miners from England when they went to mine in the USA and the buildings they constructed,..similar to those in England,..very interesting you should be looking at some of this in reality,..glad you had an enjoyable get away.

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:35 pm:

tooty--sounds like a great get-away!

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eileen wrote on Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:41 pm:

You really got a great bargain with your room at the Chestnut Mountain Lodge didn't you? With the vouchers and the reduction in price for the extra night it still came to less than the $189.00 per night at the other place. Imagine anyone taking a non-refundable $75.00 payment for a dog. Absolutely outrageous!!
You had a marvelous view from your rooom looking right over the Mississippi and the surrounding countryside. I'm so pleased all three of you thoroughly enjoyed your break away.

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SongofJoy57 wrote on Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:05 am:

It sounds like a dream vacation. I really enjoyed the pics and your blog. I am so glad that things worked out so perfectly!

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