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Stevens Point Photos

We visited Stevens Point and Plover on Saturday March 12, 2016. We had been at the 2016 First Tree Tapping just north of Stevens Point on Casimir Road, and after a stop for lunch at the Hilltop Pub & Grill, we headed into downtown Stevens Point to see the City – County building which houses the Portage County courts. There is also an annex because there just isn’t room to expand the county side of the building. Afterward we visited the Stevens Point Brewery, home of the infamous “Blue Bullets” but we did not have reservations for the tour. So we drove to neighboring Plover and visited the O’So Brewing tap room. It was very nice.

: The Civil War Memorial across the street from the courthouse.

: The main entrance on the county side of the City County building.

: The county wing of the city county building.

: The courthouse entrance.

: Another view of the front of the county wing.

: The Civil War monument and the courthouse entrance.

: The Portage County Annex.

: The city side of the City County building.

: The “you’ve got a Point there” ad campaign lives on at Stevens Point Brewery!

: We didn’t get a chance to see much other than the gift shop – for tours you need to make a reservation.

: We visited the O’So Brewing tap room. It’s located in a shopping mall, which seems a little strange.

: But it’s well worth the stop. So many beers, so little time!

2016 Maple Tapping

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On March 12, 2016 we drove up to the Stevens Point area for the annual Wisconsin Maple Syrup Producers Association’s First Tree Tapping ceremony. This year the tree tapping was held at the Casimir Gold Sugar Bush just north of Stevens Point. It was a beautiful and fairly warm day, and we watched Alice in Dairyland and the local state senator each tap a tree. There was no farm breakfast, like there was in 2015, but we learned a lot and got to sample some “maple water” fresh from the tree.