What Happened to the Ting!?!

Sadly, Ting is no longer being bottled in New London. We got the word that the current bottler will no longer be making Ting Soda. To commemorate the sad occasion Bob Weller (AKA The Mayor) treated some special customers to the very last bottle of Ting.





The good news is that someone purchased the recipe for Ting and is exploring the possibility of resurrecting it. Since bottles are scarce, it may be in the form of soda fountain style Ting sometime in the future. Stay tuned - we'll let you know if The Weller Store will have Ting in the future. We're keeping our fingers crossed!

TGIF? Not for me!

Well, maybe for some people it's TGIF. Me? I'm looking forward to another busy weekend at Wellers. The weather promises to be beautiful - warm enough for some river travelers to be passing through town.

Here are a couple of photos that I haven't posted for you yet this week. I've had the camera along with me most days but I either forget to use it or am to busy to think about it.

We had a bit of rain earlier in the week but that didn't keep people from stopping by. In fact, it was a good place to duck in out of the rain (no pun intended).

Fran and June (below) were camping with a group of people from northern Illinois and they decided to get out of the rain for awhile and come it to browse. June ended up finding some really cool things for her 1950s kitchen.



Dale and Joan Jirschele from Wisconsin Rapids are spending some time in Rural at the lovely Crystal River Inn. Dale picked up a nice chess set from Mexico and Joan was happy to find a hand crafted wren house to replace her old one at home. They have yet to explore the Red Mill and they promised to be back at the store on Saturday.



The Mayor just loaded up his truck with Ting bottles and is headed for the bottling company tomorrow. We should have plenty of delicious Ting on hand very soon!

The Village of Rural

Yes, there really is a place named "Rural" in Wisconsin!

Located near Waupaca and the beautiful Chain-O'-Lakes, it is one of the few "Yankee Villages" in the Midwest. It's not too far off the beaten path of State Highway 22 but once you get here you will think you traveled far into the past. Many of the buildings in the village were built during the 1800s in the style of their Yankee owners from New England and are listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.




The beautiful Crystal River winds its way lazily through the center of the village and among the quaint homes. Canoes and tubes that began their trip at the Chain-O'-Lakes negotiate a small portage across the street from the Weller Store. Wellers rents some of those real old fashioned rubber inner tubes for only a few dollars a day if one wants to take a shorter trip downstream.




There are also some good spots for fishing along the river bank or on the bridges. There's even a small waterfall where Great Blue Herons like to fish!

Come and visit us if you're ever in Central Wisconsin!