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4 Wheeling With Dad
25 Feb 2018

4 Wheeling With Dad

by Otter Creek | posted in: Nature & Outdoors, Winter | 0

My Dad and I went for a 4×4 ride around the lake and through the woods.

4x4, cold, outdoor, snow, weather, winter
Winter Sunset in February
18 Feb 2018

Winter Sunset in February

by Otter Creek | posted in: Nature & Outdoors, Winter | 0

Sometimes you just got to stop and watch the sunset.

outdoor, snow, sunset, winter
First Real Snowstorm
24 Jan 2018

First Real Snowstorm

by Otter Creek | posted in: Nature & Outdoors, Winter | 0

We finally got our first real snowstorm of the winter this week. Beginning on Monday and lasting until early Tuesday morning, we received just about 12-14 inches of snow. It was no fun driving in it, but it sure is … Continued

snow, snowstorm, weather, winter
Deer Hunting 2017
29 Nov 2017

Deer Hunting 2017

by Otter Creek | posted in: Nature & Outdoors | 0
deer, deer blind, deer hunting, hunting
Roses for a Redneck
25 Oct 2017

Roses for a Redneck

by Otter Creek | posted in: Flora & Plants | 0

There I was a my desk this afternoon – just after lunch – when I get a phone call telling me to go up the the front office. It’s our friend Barb. She’s a member of the Menomonie Rotary Club … Continued

family, flowers, red, roses
Fall Colors on the Red Cedar River
22 Oct 2017

Fall Colors on the Red Cedar River

by Otter Creek | posted in: Nature & Outdoors | 0

The colors were awesome on the Red Cedar River this year.

autumn, colfax wi, fall, fall colors, river

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About Otter Creek Redneck

Otter Creek is a small rural township in northwest Wisconsin — the kind of place where the nights are quiet, the winters are long, where the people, fields and woods hold stories that deserve telling.

Otter Creek Redneck exists to preserve the quiet moments, hard-earned wisdom, and simple beauty of rural life in northern Wisconsin — through honest storytelling, reflection, and lived experience.

This blog isn’t about trends or headlines. It’s about place, memory, and the simple rhythm of life lived close to the land.

Here, you’ll find reflections from the woods, stories handed down through family, and moments that would otherwise slip past unnoticed. It’s a record of rural life as it is — sometimes hard, often quiet, always honest.

Because these stories matter.
And because someday, they may be all that’s left.

Welcome to Otter Creek.

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