Category Archive: Recreation
Get Moving With the CW Wellness Challenge
Greetings Citizens of Wausau!
I think we’re far too stagnant of a community. For such a city full of so many warm and vibrant personalities, it’s a shame that we wait until summer concerts to get outside and feel vital and connected to each other. It’s also a shame that so many of us are overweight and out of shape and seem unwilling to make basic changes in our lives to rid ourselves of the old, harmful patterns.
Granite or Jewel?
Had I not lived it – I would never have believed it. This my friends is a break-out year for Granite Peak. They made it happen up there on the hill. I have been skiing a lot this year, especially with my eldest son, and the snow on the hill is fantastic. I’m not a Midwest punk when it comes to skiing. Before I took a job here I was a grad student at the University of Colorado at Boulder for seven years. My wife and I had season passes to mountains big and …
First Tracks in 2008
As I sit here on this New Year’s morning, lost in the love of my keyboard, I am faced with questions, and answers, and predictions, and more questions. So I thought I would jump in the pool first, and be the first idiot to take on our virtual Polar Bear Plunge of 2008. A veritable cacophony of randomness brought on by long hours of no work, loss of mental stimulation, and overall sitting still for way too long.
Creating Nothing Out of Something
Wausau developers yearn to dump concrete over every inch of the city’s soil. Many Wausau residents spoke out against such abomination at the latest Westside Master Plan meeting.
Marathon Park is the next target of the evil concrete-pouring developers. They hope to eliminate trees, grass and recreation areas, and mix the remnants into a steamy, black witch’s cauldron. Developers can bank on the fact that the final stew will plug plenty of green paper into their already fat pockets.