Ashland and Bayfield, WI

These pictures were taken in late July 2006.

Bayfield

Downtown Bayfield, WI, a tourist-oriented town of 611 about an hour east of Duluth. Notice the downtown grocery store.



Opposite direction, looking towards the marina:



Attractive house in Bayfield:



Wooded residential 'hood:



Boats in the marina:



The marina:



Touristy part of downtown:



Ashland

If you head further east down Wisconsin State Highway 13, you'll reach Ashland, a medium-sized town of 8,620, and the largest within an hour's drive. I was surprised to see how well-preserved and apparently vibrant the downtown was. There is also a Wal-Mart there and a college.











Movie theater and library (?)



JC Penny Department Store, downtown



Mural



Bank



Cute building





Summary:



Ashland's own short lived TV station, WAST-LP 25, a UPN affiliate. They even had a newscast:



What impressed me about Ashland's downtown is how they managed to put a lot of "everyday" (non-tourist oriented) businesses into the historic downtown, often in historic buildings - and all this with a Wal-Mart not far down the highway.

Hope you enjoyed them!

Sorry about the quality of some of these pics...the resizer program I was using didn't smooth them very well.