Quote Originally Posted by cigar no baka View Post
I just looked up Twin Lakes and it's a lot closer to where I spend my youth than I thought. From the ages of 5-11, my family lived in Oregon, Wisconsin. Don't know if you are familiar with that area but I attended Oregon Elementary and Brooklyn Junior High - only one year of Junior High before we moved to Texas.

I have fond memories of Wisconsin. I often mull over the possibility of retiring there someday. But several people who I have told of my experiences there in the 1970's have said that Wisconsin is not as bitterly cold as it was back when I was there. Subzero temperatures were a given during the winter, and with wind chill, -50 or worse was common. Snow fell early and stayed around for months on end.

I miss the cheese stores, and my favorite, cheese curds. I miss A&W root beer and floats. And I miss the pastoral nature of much of the Wisconsin of my youth. We were not far from Madison, but there were farms everywhere around us, and my dad used to buy his milk and eggs directly from farmers.
Oregon is just south of Madison, which is about 2 hours from me. I am not familiar with the area up there, but where I live, the weather is pretty warm. Winter can get cold and drag on but it is only subzero for a week or two in January. By us, they have done a good job of keeping development under control and not letting all of the farms to get developed.