Ok, so with all this talk of flooding or draining away as the case my be it’s also worth telling you a little story. I grew up here in Baraboo just a few miles south of Wisconsin Dells. Of course when you live so close to something you don’t see it the same way as occasional visitors will. But one interesting thing is that for the many, many years that I was growing up here I didn’t even know there WAS a Lake Delton. As a kid I did not grow up in a family of boaters, or swimmers for that matter. When you went to the Wisconsin Dells it was for all the other stuff, the super slides (gone now), to ride the ducks, eat fudge, or get shot at by Black Bart. It was not until years later that I knew there was a little lake just a few blocks of the Wisconsin Dells parkway. That comes to mind now, when I’m getting so many emails asking things like, “should I still come to Wisconsin Dells?”. Well, the answer is “Of course!”. For the folks along Lake Delton the loss of the lake has been a major disaster. However, almost everything you come to Wisconsin Dells for has been totally unaffected. Just like when I was young, most visitors will never even see the empty lake bed unless they go a bit out of their way. That’s just the way it is. So unless you planned to do some fishing buzzing around on Jet Skis you’re vacation will probably go off without a hitch.
For vacationers there is even a bit of a benefit. There is a good chance you can get discounted lodging up to 50% at some resorts near the lake. Which more than being a great deal will of course, give you a front row seat to a very rare moment in Wisconsin Dells history. Something I’m sure your kids will tell their kids in years to come.
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By the way, if you are interested in seeing more pictures of the lake and County Highway A, the News Directory of Fox News Chicago sent us this link. Thanks for that! I’ve also got some video of the flooding in Baraboo that I will be posting in the next day or so as well.
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