Guests will have many options for accommodations in Holcombe! We suggest making reservations quickly (there's another wedding in Holcombe our weekend). There are several resorts around the lake with cabins on the water (some adventure required) for those who may want to stay together as a group/ family. Options for hotels, resorts and cabins are below. Also, check our vrbo.com or airbnb.com for some other great options!

Located right next to Paradise Shores, Ted's Timber Lodge has cabins on the water: three 3-bedroom cabins, eight 2-bedroom cabins, one 1-bedroom cabin and one loft cabin. Cabins have full kitchens. One might describe them as "rustic," but these cabins have everything you need for a great weekend and are close to everything!

Pine Drive Resort has: four 2-bedroom cabins ($115/day), one all season 3-bedroom house ($135/day), and one 2-bedroom log cabin ($100/day).

Big Swedes has four cabins ranging from $85-$155/ night.

A wonderful article about Chippewa Falls downtown was recently published in the Chicago Tribune. Check it out for all kinds of ideas while you're driving through!!

On your way up to Holcombe, stop in Chippewa Falls for a brewery tour and samples at the Leinie Lodge! The tour takes about an hour and comes with 5 samples ($5 for the tour and tasting). You keep the tasting glass! A great stop on your way up to Holcombe!

A free zoo in the heart of Chippewa's most iconic park! The Irvine Park Zoo will be newly rennovated (Memorial Day 2016) with beautiful facilities and a variety of animals including: monkeys, fox, porcupine, peacock, owls, hyenas, black bears, tigers, buffalo, elk, yak, zebra and more!

A new welcome center, small mammal exhibits and aviary will open Memorial Day 2016. This project has been near and dear to Meg's heart - the beginning stages were started when she worked at Chippewa Falls Parks and Rec!

Irvine Park Zoo is just across the street from Leinenkugels - a perfect two-fer stop!

Twin Oaks is across the street from East Bay Lodge - a great morning activity before the wedding! Nick describes the course as wide-open with few trees but still fun.

Brunet Island State Park, on the Chippewa and Fisher rivers, offers more than 1,300 acres of scenic beauty, wildlife and recreational opportunities. Quiet lagoons and channels are excellent for canoeing and wildlife watching. The landscape in Chippewa County is a product of the most recent Ice Age. The rolling terrain carries a wide variety of forest types and is home to a multitude of wildlife.

There are more than 8 miles of hiking on Brunet Island!

Also a great opportunity for camping - many sites are on the river and beautiful!

Lake Wissota State Park in Chippewa Falls offers secluded campsites, hiking, biking and horseback riding trails, picnic and playground areas and a 285-foot swimming beach. Boating, canoeing, kayaking and water skiing are popular summer activities on Lake Wissota.

There are more than 18 miles of hiking trails at Lake Wissota State Park. Some trails are shared with off-road bicyclists. There are two, self-guided, scenic, nature trails.

Begin your visit to the Chippewa Moraine at the Ice Age Interpretive Center. Many hands-on and interactive activities are offered at the center including activity books, short films and displays about cultural, geologic and natural history.

Trail heads for the popular loop trails start from the center and there is access to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail just 30 steps from the front door.

The center is named for David R. Obey, former United States Congressman, who was instrumental in ensuring that the reserve and its interpretive center would be a showplace of glacial history and in extending the Ice Age National Scenic Trail throughout the state

In the interpretive center, hold a snake, pet a turtle, dig for fossils, borrow snowshoes, watch a nature video, do a scavenger hunt, feed the fish a bug, discover how ice formed the Chippewa Moraine, try the voyageurs' paddle race or play voyageurs' tug-of-war.