The grand old Villavicencio Hotel

Full moon & poplars

Our tent is pitched next to a grand hotel built in 1940 and abandoned in 1978; it is now part of a natural reserve. Julie and I toasted the New Year with a local spumante on the hotel’s grand terrace with big owls screeching while watching the full moon rise. This is the first New Years since 2001 that we are not celebrating with Paul and Patti Gilbertson. We wonder if they are watching the same full moon rise in the North Woods of Wisconsin while skiing the trails with a gathering of friends at Eighteenmile Lodge.

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