THE ANCIENT WISCONSIN DELLS

[@susiew1742]

Beautiful....just beautiful.

[@weekendmom]

The Wisconsin Dells has been in my bucket list for years.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Spring is a great time to see it: not hot, low crowds. Though I was so early in the season, that the Lost Canyon carriage ride was still closed.

[@jezza6575]

Roger, I’d like to think that both your Mom and Dad were both along for that journey. Then again…I’m absolutely sure they were!❤

[@RetiredLovingIt]

I love this Roger! Your parents would be proud! You’re the BEST storyteller we know!

[@hoosiertrailrider]

Well done. My late wife of 38 years, and I would take weekend trips like this together. We took our kids to all the Indiana State Parks as well. They recall those memories as their most fondest.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Travel certainly makes a difference. My cousin is in her 90s, and recalls all the wonderful places, that she and her family went together.

[@TheSwissChalet]

Oh Roger, this was so great! Your mom, and dad, would be proud. You're the best storyteller on YT! What a trip! You will inspire many people to stop procrastinating and go somewhere...including me! Thanks!

[@Dudemieser]

Oh this is great! Thank you! I was a long haul trucker and used to drive by this place on the interstate often. Never really knew what it was.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I once went up to Mayo Clinic, in Minnesota, and passed the exit to Wisconsin Dells. It didn’t even occur to me that we’d pass the place I’d dreamed about for so long. Yet, it was December, snowy, practically a blizzard really. It would be many more years before I actually got the visit.

[@bartgarrett7710]

She's there Roger ! They're both riding with you and i'd about guarantee , they're doing it with a smile on their face and their hearts full of pride ! ❤

[@StacyL.]

What a treat this evening!!! Wisconsin is my FAVORITE STATE in the entire country! Thank you for sharing your mom and dad with us. She's with you. They're BOTH with you! The seat only looks empty to us, but we carry our loved ones with us ❤ Never lose your sense of adventure, Roger!!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I went in early May, can only imagine how beautiful it gets as spring unfolds!

[@coryballinger5307]

Arizona is better

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@coryballinger5307 Dry. Hot. Rattlesnakes. But I’ve seen some good rock formations.

[@joecoastie99]

I live 30 minutes from there. Awesome place indeed.

[@johnstark1372]

Thank you so much for documenting & sharing such a personal journey with us. God Bless

[@yankee_tango]

I went a few times to the Wisconsin Dells as a child, the last time being 1974, I was 10 years old then. I didn't get back to the Dells until 2012, and things had changed quite a bit, gone were many of the things I remembered as a child, like Fort Dells, the Totem Tower, all the miniature golf places, go cart tracks, and much more. It is now all about Water Parks and such and is no longer the quaint get away place it once was. Sad to see a portion of my childhood made into something completely different.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It all changes. Particularly in Indiana, many good attractions have closed because they just didn’t have the tourist flow. I’ve went to Gatlinburg several times, and it’s practically a different place every time! Wisconsin Dells was one of the places I wanted to see, on a long bucket list of classic attractions. Would like to go back to Rock City. I did make it to Disney World before they changed the Country Bear Jamboree, The Fountain of Youth at St Augustine, and Coral Castle. Hopefully I’ll make it out west.

[@Deej-ef9qo]

Thanks for sharing... and I appreciate the optimism it's nice to see.♥️🙏♥️🙏

[@ms.tep_]

As Eleanor Roosevelt once quoted, “Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.” Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Roger! Thank you for allowing us to travel along with you.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Good words to live by! 🙂

[@colettevaught]

I get so happy when i see a new video from you pop up! Thank you for your informative and enjoyable content

[@Mike_Greentea]

Thanks Roger! Happy holidays ⛄️⛄️⛄️

[@annettemode4491]

My son moved to Madison, WI for school...he's still there...this will be a trip I travel from Jeffersonville to there to do.... issues always make the story better. 😮

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Truly! I remember one time Mom and I were in southern Indiana, and we heard this flapping sound coming from the top of the car. It started to get a little more, until we heard a huge thud. I stopped the car and we got out to take a look. It was one of those GM fake rag tops, made to look fancy, and it’s totally came loose and all the way back. What was left was a thin layer of green glue. Instead of being upset, Mom looked at it and said, “It looks like a Chia pet!” We had a really good laugh about it! I ripped off the rest, and we went on with our day, can’t remember what we did to that car.

[@brindahoward4527]

Thanks for the memories. My dad took us and our boat there when I was a kid; probably in the late 60s or early 70s. Coming home to Central Indiana going through Chicago forgetting about rush hour we were stuck in a lot of traffic. The Dells were great traveling through in our boat, though. Beautiful scenery!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m so glad that I finally made the trip!!

[@fredfeldt5329]

WOW - WOW - WOW ! Thank you so much Roger for this ! I’m at tears wishing my Dad and my Son could have gone there with me ❤️❤️❤️ I can’t thank you enough 😊👍

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My sincere pleasure.

[@fredfeldt5329]

@ I moved to Santa Claus Indiana in October 2021. Where ever I am, I love to explore my surroundings. And - you- 😊have shown me many Extra things here. I am very grateful for you. 👍

[@netaen]

Wonderful video from a wonderful country!

[@StirlingLighthouse]

That was lovely. 😊 Thank you 🙏 ❤

[@jamesfaedtke2914]

OH HELL YEAH! Love these types of videos. 🌀😎

[@ryanosourus]

Excellent adventure!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Ryan!

[@OffRampAdventures]

Another video worth waiting for!

[@racheldoty6844]

Both of my parents are from Wisc. yet I have never been to the Dells. Thanks for all the wonderful adventures. I discovered your channel a year ago when searching the hiking trails at Turkey Run. Because of your channel, I have made a number of road trips to some of the places you have suggested. It's been a fun year.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Glad to provide some trip ideas! I did a lot of bucket list items this year, probably traveled more than I have in my entire life! It was a wonderful time!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

Another inspirational Roger Turpin adventure! Beautifully made and narrated, full of enchantment...and touching, making me wish I knew your Mum and Dad 🙂. A great watch, and a fitting tribute to the people that moulded you 👌✨👏

[@anthonygentry553]

Wow!! Thank you!

[@bobbyadkins885]

Great video Roger, very nice tribute to your parents, your videos inspired us to make the trip to Bloomington IN for the eclipse last spring, definitely one of the best decisions I ever made, thank you Roger

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It was just below where you were during the eclipse, over at Salem. It was actually a pretty good turnout that day. I’m always glad to provide ideas for memory making! 🙂

[@Historyamnesia]

Wow, 46…so young. So glad you carried on your dad’s tradition with your mom. Wonderful memories, I’m sure. I’ve often thought if I’d regret the things I didn’t do more than the things I did. Ya know? I started to develop my, the time is now, attitude, especially when my kids moved out and became an empty nester. Thanks for introducing us to these places. Looking forward to seeing more, my friend. 😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

When I was in college, I met a group of guys from Malaysia, that were studying here. Compared to Malaysia, the United States is absolutely huge! Every single weekend, they would pack into a car, drive hundreds of miles to see things and take pictures. They were like kids in a candy store! Nearly 40 years later, my one friend that lives in Malaysia, still sends me pictures of his adventures abroad.

[@nancyM1313-Boo]

Thank you Roger, Merry Christmas❄🎄⛄💫❄

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@gwenwheeler1248]

Loved the video, and the personal story, made it gold

[@sherriestes-erwin1908]

Another great video. Thank you for all of your hard work and for ....the memories 😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Sherri!

[@johndpoore9062]

Thanks for taking us with you on your journey, i really enjoyed the trip. Great video friend, humble wholesome and nostalgic. Thanks man.

[@freedomdove]

Very nice dedication to your mom.

[@marjoriemetzger8532]

Love seeing Your Mother and Dad's pic at the beginning. Maurice was my first cousin, you being my 2nd of course! Your Grandmother Mildred Fisher Turpen, was my Moher's sister.

[@Blitz9H]

Madison airport is quite nice! I’ve landed there in a snowstorm as well. I had always envisioned the Dells as a tourist trap. Thank you for showing the natural beauty there. No waiting for film to be developed now. Merry Christmas Roger. Blessings.

[@Blitz9H]

We visited one park in Wisconsin that showed evidence of the glaciers. I recall some stones with erosion from dripping from the melting ice. Details escape me at the moment.

[@teresak1177]

This was a good one. They’re all good ones!! Loved seeing your parents pics, they looked so nice. Sorry they died so young!! My mom would get us out too and we visited the Lost Sister trail and surrounding area once. I had no idea the story of maconaquah until that road trip!!! And I grew up 10 miles away from it. Thanks for another awesome video! merry Christmas!

[@LindaFaulkner-d7g]

Merry Christmas Roger 🎄🎄🎄. Being a shut in now, I truly enjoy your tours.. Thank you for doing this.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

More to come, Linda! This was definitely a bucket list year. I went to many places I’d wanted to go for many years, especially when the airfares were crazy cheap. I went to Florida three times, with airfares as low as $20!

[@susanwilloughby533]

Thanks for replying and for making such great videos, I will not get to your neck of the woods but I feel like have been there because of your video's.

[@douglassellers7528]

Nice picture of the aquaduct at Metamora,Indiana. That's a Hoosier prize.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Only one left in America! I’ve made several videos where I’ve slipped Metamora in. They need about $2 million to get a new boat, and the canal fixed. One of my favorite memories was taking the canal boat with my mom, I’d love for other people to have the same kind of memories.

[@sallyreim6668]

This has to be one of your best. 😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Sally!

[@RobsNeighbor]

We are south of the Dells in the Driftless region, great video! The dells isnt what it once was, but so much History!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Really enjoyed it! It had much the same vibe as my Rock City trip: a place that’s seen countless visitors and keeps on going. 🙂

[@denniscrane9753]

The driftless region is an amazing place! Wisconsin is an amazing state! Glad to call it home!

[@jakesarms8996]

Makes me want to take my mom for a daytrip.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@jakesarms8996 time passes so quickly. Put a day on the calendar and go!

[@whitneykovener]

Thanks for posting Roger. We enjoyed The Dells early in our marriage years ago. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time we were there. Speaking of rock formation, we took a short trip from S. IN over to Hocking Hills, OH. Went mid week and really had a good time hiking the "rock canyons". Due to the dry summer there wasn't much to speak of in terms of water falls though. Safe travels & Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Hocking Hills is on my list. I was so close to it this summer, when I was doing the mound builder project.

[@whitneykovener]

@@AdventureswithRoger I feel timing is everything over there. Definitely "touristy". We found that if you get up early to hike the trails then mid-day go to some of the farther out areas you have to drive to. In the main valley/creek/holler it seems that after 5:00 most go to eat supper and we had the place to ourselves.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Being a full-time KZbinr, I go places off-season, and during the week, so I can get clean shots. It doesn’t always work! 🙂

[@leospring6264]

Happy Holidays Roger! Wonderful video. inspirational too.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Leo!

[@badapple65]

A 2 hour drive for me from my home just below the WI/IL border. I like to take all backroads up to the Dells turning it into a 2-1/2 hour drive but a beautiful drive avoiding the Interstate. Ishnala Supper Club often is our destination. Our favorite restaurant in the World.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Had not heard of that restaurant.

[@BobBarkerScientificHeretic]

She was with you on your journey, I promise.

[@ShermanSafewright-b6x]

Roger another great trip! You can’t see me but I’ve been on all those trips with you. Really enjoyed all your videos. Ironically this one started in a little Indiana town I use to hang out in. Metamora! Thanks for all the trips.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of good places, so a little time 🙂

[@edwardh1591]

Roger I loved this video. I used to love to travel to. Unfortunately I never had the chance to go to the Wisconsin Dells. Thank you for sharing your experience! Merry Christmas! 😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Merry Christmas, Edward!

[@IndianapolisGerry]

First Post! I have the same travel DNA -- and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Mom & Dad didn't travel at all -- a trip to the Indiana Dunes in the summer, or maybe on a long long trip to fort wayne to see family. That was it. I have no idea where I get it, but I consider myself blessed that I do

[@Dragon-e8s]

Such a nice story Roger .Thank you for sharing your travels I learned so much I am fullfilled cause you're full filled But maybe I'll take your suggestion a just take the trip . I'm super intrigued about Carmel ,Ind BIG TIME .

[@AdventureswithRoger]

When I lived in Greenwood, my best friend and I would go to the Carmel area to hang out. I got the sneaking suspicion that we didn’t belong there though. ☺️

[@DEVICELINK-w1z]

Well done RT and Mom

[@rogertimmons1937]

Great job.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Roger!

[@rickyoung360]

Thank you!

[@KentuckyGirl]

Awesome trip. My mom gave me a calendar of Wisconsin Dells, and I looked at it often and dreamed of going there. Yes, I looked at calender pictures of faraway places for fun. It was the seventies.😄 What else would I do. Gez, your parents both died young. 😔

[@AdventureswithRoger]

For me, trip of a lifetime. Truly enjoyed making the pilgrimage.

[@sixstringhans-tone5574]

You should’ve drove about another hour, maybe hour an a half west on I90 and came to LaCrosse a town of bout 50K along the Mighty Mississippi River. Hell, I woulda taken for a ride down the River road and could’ve went on top of some scenic overlooks on all the bluffs along the river an checked out Minnesota and Iowa bluffs across the river. Or go for a boat ride on some back waters of the Mississippi and showed ya all the places we used to party on the bluffs and on the back water islands…… 🤪 😂🤣 😉 Good show! ✌🏼

[@AdventureswithRoger]

The number one thing I heard, after going to Wisconsin Dells, “That’s a cool place. But you should’ve drove an hour and seen the house on the rock.” ☺️ I’ve watched a few videos about it, that is a cool place! I’ll bet that the entire area is incredibly beautiful in spring.

[@CjbrkBrooks]

@@AdventureswithRogerAnother trip for your videos. The River Roads on both sided of the river are amazing. The Chippewa Falls area is beautiful . I’ve done group bicycle rides in Wisconsin…there’s no place like woods that are so thick that it’s dark midday. We came upon a crossroads deep in the woods that reminded us all of the movie “Deliverance”, and we couldn’t leave fast enough. You could spend a couple of years exploring Wisconsin and not see all of it. Merry Christmas.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m hoping to get up to Michigan in the spring, not sure if I’ll get back to Wisconsin. Lots of beautiful country in both places.

[@marshared]

Merry Christmas Roger! Love your videos😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you VERY much! 🙂

[@marshared]

You’re so very welcome 😊

[@Independently_Minded]

A true adventure with Roger.

[@kim-xg3lo]

You hurt my feelings when you said, “The last time I ate at a Rocky Rococo pizza place was back in 1987…ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO. My heart cant take it😢

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@kim-xg3lo Time is passing so quickly, faster than I would like it to! I know that when I think about things in the late 80s, they feel like they were only a year ago. This year I decided to do that bucket list, knowing I’ll wake up one day and time will have slipped by me again. I visited so many wonderful places, and so glad I did.

[@jeffreyhumbert607]

Roger, I love your channel & am subscribed so I don’t miss anything! Thanks for doing what you do brother! One quick observation, when I watch on my TV, I feel like you could put a HPF set around 140hz on your mic to start. Just an observation, if you don’t, I will still be watching your channel, I thinks it’s so great! Thanks again!!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve only recently looked into audio solutions. I’m not a sound engineer, just a guy making videos. I do have a Shure SM7B with a Soyuz line transformer, inserted a d-esser and it cut out more than I wanted it to.

[@jeffreyhumbert607]

@ well I get what you’re saying, I meant no offense, just a suggestion. Your channel is fantastic. I love the content and the way you present it. I’ve been around most of the IN. State Parks when I was 12 & up. I’m now 67. A lot of memories & being able to go along with you to places I haven’t been to is really great, cause I know I can’t any more. Thanks for what you do, it means the world to me.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@jeffreyhumbert607 no worries! It brings me a lot of joy to hear from folks, that can’t get around like they used to, telling me that I’ve brought back good memories. Or, that I’ve taken them somewhere they’ll never be able to go.

[@BobBarkerScientificHeretic]

Unfortunately we all get to look forward to sending our parents off, we have to do the important things with them and not put things off for tomorrow. Never be afraid to tell them you love them, id like to think I'm a masculine guy, but I never hesitate to tell my loved ones that I love them. Here's a side bar about the Dells area. Serial Killer Ed Geins house wasn't far from the Dells and the establishment was pushing hard to level the entire property, because the two locations, were in a way becoming synonymous lol. I can't remember if Geins residence burned by arson, or petition, but it is gone now and it couldn't have burned soon enough. I watch every video you upload Roger, there are few channels that I can say this, good video as usual. You make me wish I lived in Indiana, so I could explore some of the places you've shared, but Madison, well I may be better off not visiting for personal reasons lol. Be well all

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Southern Indiana has a lot of similarities to the Wisconsin Dells. Lots of rocky terrain in hidden places. I’m hoping to make a movie about the hidden places of the Nature Conservancy. I’ve visited a few, and they are completely amazing. They are purposely not published to keep them in pristine condition.

[@bartgarrett7710]

Been thinking about making this trip for years now ! You may have just convinced me to go ? 🤷

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@bartgarrett7710 I was really glad I went. If you go, also look into the Lost Canyon tour. I was too early in the season for it to be open. It’s a carriage ride through a canyon, a bit south of the upper dells.

[@bartgarrett7710]

@AdventureswithRoger thank you ! I have a couple of Army buddies up there so , it's probably time i get up there . This spring most likely .

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Early May wasn’t too touristy. I imagine it’s crazy busy once kids get out of school.

[@boogfry1833]

Nice

[@brad6054]

I'm about a hour and a half from there

[@susanwilloughby533]

What's in the sky at 21.15? Is it a bird? lol

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Bird in my still shot! Just like the people at the airports, it’ll never know it got famous. 🙂