First stop—Pepin, WI

After leaving Hansen’s Harbor, we made a short, 10-mile run down the lake to Pepin, WI. Fun fact: Mile 770 near here is the widest point on the entire Mississippi River at 2.5 miles across. Another fun fact: Lake Pepin was formed at the end of the last Ice Age, when the Chippewa River dumped so much debris into the Mississippi that it formed a natural dam and backed it up for 22 miles.

Pepin County, WI is the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the setting for her book Little House in the Big Woods. There is a museum in town and a replica of the family cabin on land once owned by the Ingalls. 

Like Lake City, the train runs right through town, and the tracks are about 75 yards from the marina. If you zoom in on the pic below, you can see Dragonfly at the dock through the slats of the moving rail car.

Thanks for all of the wonderful party pics that you’ve shared with us! Here are a couple more that we love!