Girls Getaway to Elkhart Lake
Wisconsin is filled with many towns that have a charm all of
their own. I find out Elkhart Lake definitely belongs toward the top of that
list.
My friend Lisa and I took an uneventful four-hour drive.
Our first stop was at the Quit Qui Oc Golf Course, where we met Kathleen Eickoff, Director of Tourism for Elkhart Lake.
Our first stop was at the Quit Qui Oc Golf Course, where we met Kathleen Eickoff, Director of Tourism for Elkhart Lake.
The golf course, a popular spot for the town, has a bar
restaurant and we enjoyed chili and fish as we talked about the town we were
about to meet.
Kathleen explained how this spot, which is just about two
and a half hours from Chicago, became a vacation destination in the late 1800s.
This was mostly due to the addition of a railroad that would take people from
the “big city."
She also offered to set us up with snowshoeing, a popular
sport at the golf course in the winter months. Neither Lisa or I had done it
before and we were excited to give it a try the next day.
When we pulled up to
The Osthoff Resort
, the biggest of
three Elkhart Lake Resorts,
I began to get the feeling that this was quite a
bit place.
That was reinforced when we were given the map at check-in, and saw for ourselves from our two-bedroom suite.
That was reinforced when we were given the map at check-in, and saw for ourselves from our two-bedroom suite.
Osthoff welcomed us with a basket full of local goodies and
we got settled in our very comfortable apartment, with two baths, a full
kitchen, living room, and a balcony with a view of the huge resort.
Osthoff Resort had been here since 1885. It is an all-season
resort, with indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, activities, children’s program,
cooking school, she explained as we walked around the property.
The Cooking School was closed, and had been already booked
full for the weekend before we made our reservations, but it definitely looked
like something I wanted to come back to.
The resort reminded me a lot of the Catskills in New York,
in the days when there were big resorts with lots of year round activities. I
used to go there with my family every year.
After the tour, Lisa and I got a specialty coffee from the
Elk Room and enjoyed the view from our balcony for a while before changing for
dinner.
Lola’s on the Lake turned out to be a beautiful restaurant
with great views. The food and service was as good as the scenery.
We lingered over a long dinner, starting with some cocktails
and delicious warm bread.
We shared a pear salad before soup, butternut squash for me
and a trio for Lisa that also included lobster bisque.
We finished the night sharing two scrumptious desserts, a Chocolate Hazelnut Croquentine and a Crème Brulee, before calling it a night at Osthoff Lake Resort in Elkhart Lake.
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