Original Wisconsin Duck Tour, August 19, 2024

Today’s fun outing!  Super cool land & water tour on a Duck.

The DUKW (colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2-ton capacity CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military in World War II. DUKWs are still in use today, as well as purpose-built amphibious tour buses, primarily as tourist transport in many attractions world-wide.  Ducks were used for troop landings. The Ducks most famously played a pivotal role during the Normandy landings. Around 21,000 Ducks were produced between 1942 and 1944. It’s hard to determine how many are left today but we think the number is only around 1000.

Spenser, our tour guide, giving us safety instructions and driving

A way we go   

The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At approximately 430 miles long, it is the state’s longest river

What makes the Wisconsin River Brown?   Turns out, the amber-brown color of the water comes from tannins. Tannins are the bitter and astringent compounds that come from the wood, bark, and leaves of oak and fruit trees in the area.

Back on dry land

Back in the water; Lake Delton

Dry land, there is a deer in the first photo, I can’t find him either, he was by the tree

It was a fun, unique hour tour.