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welcome back to Winter on Discover
Wisconsin
yet again we return to another peaceful
Winter Wisconsin atmosphere the land of
lakes wait a minute Lando Lakes located
along the northern border of Wisconsin
Lando Lakes is home to a winter respite
and nothing beats a good Retreat like
bence camp this however is the Calm
before the storm and what's this ladies
will be outside in the dead of winter in
their bikinis that's right in their
bikinis welcome to the Radar Run
a fundraiser for the frosty snowmobile
club it will be bent's Camp's 15th year
hosting the radar run I definitely need
to prep myself for this event it's the
morning of the event and I head over to
the lodge Ben's Camp's bar and
restaurant to meet up with my good
friend Jack the manager of projects at
Ben's Camp to get the inside scoop yeah
we got a lot going on today and it all
wraps up with the bikini run these Brave
girls get out and they'll go 100 miles
an hour it was pretty much you know
nothing on except the helmet so it's
absolutely crazy I give them so much
credit and a lot of them are out raising
money for a good cause you'll have to
bring my bikini and they said no
yeah it's it's female only sorry Eric
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I've been doing it for about 10 years
this is my 10th year participating and
it's not cold at all until you get to
the end
and it didn't get any less crazy
it was fabulous fabulous it was a great
time at Men's Camp yes 2022. who's your
favorite bikini Runner
one of them went 112 miles an hour check
me out next year and I'll let you know
but what's that saying again if you
can't beat him get crazy with them
foreign
to the calm after the storm I'll enjoy a
little riding myself
today I'll snowmobile from Lando Lakes
to Bond Falls in the U.P with Rob and
Melissa members of the frosty snowmobile
club quite the power couple by the way
as they also own and run the alley a
bowling alley and bar in downtown Land
of Lakes although the downtown has
numerous places to dinette and explore
including the Black Oak Inn the bear
trap Inn and the Gateway Lodge today we
bulk up with a meal right off the trail
route at Brews Pub and Bar
so you have a whole extensive trail
system here like land Oakes is kind of
an epicenter a hub for the trail system
in Vilas County and then extending over
into Michigan but they all kind of
gather here yeah I mean just to look in
the parking lot indicates
exactly this is where they all come and
with about 60 miles of trails and an
average of 90 inches of snow per year
it's no wonder this restaurant has more
snowmobile helmets than food you know
they call us the gateway to the up so
it's not only people that start here but
there's a lot of people that come from
the U.P here and you know all the
surrounding neighboring towns what's
your favorite thing about Land O'Lakes
Community I love how friendly it is how
supportive everyone is of each other got
great visitors whether you're not a
Towner or you live here you feel like
you're at home
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I'm not sure what I was expecting but
this Northwoods experience was surreal
to say the least and one thing's for
sure I did not expect this
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and after all the places I've traveled
and experiences I've had this world
still somehow manages to procure a sense
of wonder and odd
it is for this feeling I brave the
winter storms and am so happy to call
myself a wisconsinite