If you build it, they will come

Here's Dave grilling brats at Hixton KOA. Grilled and served over 200 in one hour. It was a cooperative promotion sponsored by Johnsonville Sausage and KOA. Many of our guests this weekend were here for the barefoot waterskiing event at The Blue Moo. Read on.

Remember the Kevin Costner film, "Field of Dreams"? The voice kept telling him, "if you build it, they will come." The phrase can certainly apply to this facility located in west central Wisconsin, surrounded by corn fields, and little else. It's the BLUE MOO, and it's the site of championship barefoot waterskiing contests. Maybe you have to see it to believe it, but trust me, it's real, and it's working to attract members of the sub-culture of barefoot water skiing.

Imagine this - you dig a trench in a corn field roughly 100 feet wide and about 3/4 mile long. Berm the edges to make for wind shelter and then fill it with water. Invite barefoot waterskiers to come and use the facility.

Many of the skiers stay at the KOA campground where we are working. It's within walking distance. Who knew!?

Not championship form - this is more of an "oops"

Coming off the ramp, just before the "oops"

Skiers are moving at about 40 mph

You can see the full width of the trench and the cornfield beyond

Entrance to The Blue Moo

Our KOA is located on Silver Mound and attracts many hunters of Indian arrowheads and artifacts

That's all for today. Check back often. See ya.

Dave & Pat