Two hours northwest of Chicago in southern Wisconsin, Wandawega Lake Resort is your best chance at re-living those memories from Bunk 12—only probably much better. The major undertaking of ad world executives and husband and wife team David Hernandez and Tereasa Surrat, the camp was a Latvian Catholic summer retreat until they took ownership several years ago. These days, after some major sprucing-up, including renovating the private cottages, building boy scout-reminiscent tents, and raising an enviable modernist tree house, the lake front property has become a magnet for urban creatives.
If reminiscing about summer camp gives you all-too-vivid memories of DEET-laced bug juice and failed make outs, you’re due for an attitude adjustment, young man—for design-minded travelers, nostalgic and outdoorsy getaways are right on target (insert archery joke here).
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