I was hired to make content at Camp Lola Whiskey. I did not expect to lose a chocolate bar to my three-year-old, fall for mushroom coffee, and come home with a shopping list.

I went on The Cabin Podcast to talk about the best of a Wisconsin summer, and we came up with a list that would make any top-ten roundup blush. Bat studies, dark sky parks, a cheese curd crawl you download an app for — no 14-hour flight required.