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hello friends. we went camping this weekend because we hadn't left chicago in like, a while now and camping is easy to do while keeping distance from other people where'd we go? well let me tell you about RICHARD BONG STATE RECREATION AREA just west of Kenosha, Wisconsin, about an hour drive from chicago, and probably the most stolen highway sign in a 100 mile radius RICHARD BONG STATE RECREATION AREA is built on a partially completed but then abandoned Air Force base and named after MAJOR RICHARD IRA BONG here's our campsite  reward for setting up camp: an old style in a Hamm's koozie  that's some good oak savannah!  literally half the reason I wanted to get up here is to get into a body of water, basically any body of water  good first day! let's build a fire and make some sausages and veggies in foil packs  day 2: rise and grind, let's get this bread. but instead of bread let's take a little hike on one of the trails  pretty marshy  its a sled hill! and a stop on the self guided RICHARD BONG DISCOVERY QUEST  hey it's some kind of nightshade bush growing through a dead tree  it's a redwing blackbird (I swear, my phone camer just isn't that good)  post-bike beer: oberon. lookit that byob-rear end sun  found a robin's egg at our campsite  after biking to the lake again and coming back let's grill some hot dogs  and then immediately hide in the tent from the thunderstorm that rained out the rest of our night  ok day 3 let's assess the damage  not too bad just a little muddy. but we're gonna scrap plans for another hike because it's all gonna be slop city. let's just go to the beach again oh god what is that in the water  (it's me, the op, drinking a beer) i didn't take pictures of our stop at the famous Mars Cheese Castle on the way back but you don't need pictures of that, everyone's been to Mars Cheese Castle. also I accidentally posted a bunch of these pictures on imgur publicly which means random people are just commenting on them? who does that this has been your primer to RICHARD BONG STATE RECREATION AREA. if you're near the southeastern wisconsin area and interested in camping, hiking, fishing, ATVs, horse trails, model rocketry, or R/C aircraft, check it out! hint: the annual pass for the Wisconsin DNR is less than like 3 days worth of day passes and then you're good to go for the whole state
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Jul 28, 2020 02:35
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nice trip op, voted 5 
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Jul 28, 2020 02:46
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This mfers name DICK BONG |
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Jul 28, 2020 02:52
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I remember my family going past the Richard Bong State Recreation Area repeatedly when I was young, and even before the we'd implications, we thought the name "Bong" was funny. I never had any idea of its backstory, or that it was such a nice place. I mean, it's Kenosha after all. Thanks for the trip report!
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Jul 28, 2020 03:01
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i saw that recently cool you got to go there
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Jul 28, 2020 03:01
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dont forget to try the fish, kenosha
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Jul 28, 2020 03:02
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GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:This mfers name DICK BONG
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Jul 28, 2020 03:04
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lmao @
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Jul 28, 2020 03:15
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i was probed last night and wanted to post here the whole time thank you for the amazing trip report op i sometimes close my eyes and trip report in my mind to the RICHARD BONG STATE RECREATION AREA
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Jul 28, 2020 11:31
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did not disappoint, thank you op. DICK BONG looks beautiful |
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Jul 28, 2020 13:08
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I'm glad you had fun at theGODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:DICK BONG |
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Jul 28, 2020 13:09
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Just a warning: simply googling DICK BONG will result in pictures that are not, in fact, MAJOR RICHARD IRA BONG, but something else entirely |
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Jul 28, 2020 13:13
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more falafel please posted:i didn't take pictures of our stop at the famous Mars Cheese Castle on the way back but you don't need pictures of that, everyone's been to Mars Cheese Castle. also I accidentally posted a bunch of these pictures on imgur publicly which means random people are just commenting on them? who does that I was intrigued by the name so I had to look it up. Checks out, it's a cheese castle! 
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Jul 28, 2020 15:09
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Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:I was intrigued by the name so I had to look it up. yeah for folks not from around here Wisconsin is exactly as stereotypically Wisconsin as it's made out to be, so there's literally cheese shops everywhere. they usually sell other stuff like sausages and jams and maybe fudge, probably some local wine, definitely some souvenir/tchotchke type stuff, and beer, especially New Glarus beer, which is only sold in Wisconsin and is officially Pretty Good, which means anyone from neighboring states (myself included) treats it as the holy grail of unknowable pleasures. Mars Cheese Castle is no different from any of these except they also have a restaurant and bar (not open right now) and since they're like 10 minutes from the illinois border, they're the first stop for lots of chicago and suburban folks making their way up to the cabin for the weekend or whatnot, so they do a lot of business the best way to describe where RICHARD BONG STATE RECREATION AREA is to a chicagoan is "you know where mars cheese castle is? same exit, like 10 minutes west"
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Jul 28, 2020 15:27
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it's out of the way, so we didn't go there this time, but my actual favorite wisconisn cheese shop is Ehlenbach's Cheese Chalet. i just discovered they have commercials including several starring David Bakhtiari, offensive tackle for the green bay packers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxVH0JA6DzY
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Jul 28, 2020 15:33
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this is a good recreation area and a great trip report and i especially liked the robin egg and oberon ale, which are both beautiful creatures |
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Jul 28, 2020 15:36
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excellent OP! i like the sled hill, thats very thoughtful of them i think you should go here next 
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Jul 28, 2020 15:58
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i have been here and it is cool and good fun fact: named after major richard "dick" ira cheesequake |
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Jul 28, 2020 17:40
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City of Glompton posted:nice trip op, voted 5 
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Aug 16, 2020 02:11
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Op, does the cheese castle have cheese curds? And does Wisconsin have good poutine?
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Aug 16, 2020 02:11
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starbucks hermit posted:Op, does the cheese castle have cheese curds? the question is do they have anything other than cheese curds (the answer is yes) i don't know anything about wisconsin poutine but they've got the curds!
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Aug 16, 2020 02:18
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starbucks hermit posted:Op, does the cheese castle have cheese curds? Wisconsin does not have poutine. "Good Poutine" has no meaning.
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Aug 16, 2020 02:28
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more falafel please posted:the question is do they have anything other than cheese curds (the answer is yes) thank you for the clarification. I want to visit Wisconsin and eat at the state fair. I also want poutine. Well, in a future time, maybe I can find an occasion to do both. Robot Made of Meat posted:Wisconsin does not have poutine. "Good Poutine" has no meaning. hmm, ok Well, Wisconsin has lakes and cheese, and both are good reasons to visit!
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Aug 16, 2020 05:11
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I find it depressing that Wolf Lake is not known for wolves. I had a junior high teacher named Mr. Wolf and from what I remember, he had a lot of facial hair and students really liked him despite the fact that he was old and stern. So, here's to hoping that Wolf Lake is named for a werewolf that drowned in that lake and anyone that swims in the lake on a full moon is turned into a werewolf. That's be cool.
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Aug 16, 2020 05:14
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more falafel please posted:yeah for folks not from around here Wisconsin is exactly as stereotypically Wisconsin as it's made out to be, so there's literally cheese shops everywhere. they usually sell other stuff like sausages and jams and maybe fudge, probably some local wine, definitely some souvenir/tchotchke type stuff, and beer, especially New Glarus beer, which is only sold in Wisconsin and is officially Pretty Good, which means anyone from neighboring states (myself included) treats it as the holy grail of unknowable pleasures. Mars Cheese Castle is no different from any of these except they also have a restaurant and bar (not open right now) and since they're like 10 minutes from the illinois border, they're the first stop for lots of chicago and suburban folks making their way up to the cabin for the weekend or whatnot, so they do a lot of business Living on the other side of Wisconsin, and having family in Chicago, having driven through Wisconsin more than anywhere else except my native city, I'm very familiar with the Mars Cheese Castle and New Glarus beer. My favorite is Two Women.  at WI living up to its stereotypes, they do not disappoint. Additionally friends of mine have a literal dick shaped bong, it's a funny novelty piece. I only was over there once and did not get offered to smoke it.Good trip report. I have never been, and camp fairly irregularly, but perhaps I can steer my next camping excursion that way, Richard Ira Bong recreational area might be good for me.
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Aug 16, 2020 08:53
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DICK BONG
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Aug 16, 2020 15:56
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alnilam posted:DICK BONG KNUC TATS
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Aug 16, 2020 16:37
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alnilam posted:DICK BONG |
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Aug 16, 2020 17:55
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can't wait till it's warm enough to go back to RICHARD "DICK" BONG STATE RECREATION AREA
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Jan 20, 2021 00:57
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more falafel please posted:can't wait till it's warm enough to go back to RICHARD "DICK" BONG STATE RECREATION AREA 
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Jan 20, 2021 00:58
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more falafel please posted:can't wait till it's warm enough to go back to RICHARD "DICK" BONG STATE RECREATION AREA |
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Jan 20, 2021 22:04
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Jan 21, 2021 10:24
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Going to the great outdoors to suck on dicks, bongs, dick bongs, and bong dicks. |
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Jan 21, 2021 12:42
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Wisconsin has cheese curd fries, which is like poutine but instead of gravy, there's more cheese. People say fancy places in Madison have poutine now that it's trendy, but I've never seen it in person. |
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