It's a sacred time of year here in Wisconsin again...
Besides Packers football, that is.
Deer hunting season!
Used to be some schools would close in northern Wisconsin and UP counties, for the week.
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We lived there for 4 long winters while my husband was stationed at KI Sawyer AFB.
The first 2 years we were there, his son from his first foolish marriage lived with us, and attended the local school in the nearby town of Gwinn. One one occasion, his homework from sceince class was to label the parts of a rifle on the mimeograph that was sent home. Another time, again from science class, it was labeling the parts of a snowmobile.
Look up "Da Yoopers" at Youtube. 
When we heard that the main city near the base was Marquette, we happily and naively said, “Oh, a college town! Marquette University is there.” Boy, were we ever wrong. Eh?
Also, as we were driving there, and getting closer and closer, I noticed lots of little convenience stores with signs in the windows for pasties. Not being a local, I knew nothing about pasties being a food item, and thought all these stores were selling stripper/pole dancer paraphernalia and wondered what the hell sort of place we were moving to. 
It was a long 4 winters.
