The cross country skiing & snowmobiling are fantastic this winter, so get yourselves up north !

Bad Bones BBQ in Arbor Vitae is now serving pizza. Apparently there used to be a couple of Italian guys who were doing true Neapolitan pizza awhile back, seems the value or appreciation of the product wasn't apparent so they went out of biz, but left the ovens behind. Bad Bones is doing a hand stretched pizza (not cracker thin crust). Sausage is w/o fennel. As you can imaging being Wisconsin, a bit heavy on the cheese, so next time I'll ask for light cheese. This is now one of my top pizza places in the Northwoods.

I had the breakfast Panini at DJ's Northwoods Family Restaurant in St Germain, again a great sandwich, especially w/a brat patty.

Had drinks at Burnt Bridge Tavern near Conover. We hadn't been there in 20+ years. Great log building, big T-beams. We were a bit too early to enjoy dinner but on Fridays they serve a fish fry & chicken fry. People were lining up as we left so I'm guessing this might be a place to try in future.

Most everything I've had at Sister's Saloon in St Germain has been very good to excellent. I ran across the dud finally, don't get their chili, tasted like Hormel. Stick with the fish or sandwiches.

Tried a new place for us north of Boulder Junction called Gooch's A-One Bar and Grill. Brother had a grilled chicken breast salad and was quite pleased (not an easy thing). I had a grilled chicken sandwich which was spot on. This placed nailed our fried cheese curds. Tons of room at this place so even if busy you'll get a table.