Ultimately, we want the day, the ceremony to be focused on us. We have a bit of hosting anxiety and we don't want to be too focused or worried about if everyone else is comfortable, happy, etc. We just want to enjoy getting married!
No, we are planning a group dinner after the ceremony and photography but no reception.
There is an entrance fee to the park. Wisconsin State Parks require admission stickers for any vehicles parked within the property including along roadsides. Annual vehicle admission stickers can be purchased online, over the phone by calling 1-888-305-0398 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or at individual properties via self-registration stations, electronic kiosks or drive-up window service. Purchase Online Now! Annual admission stickers cost $28 for Wisconsin residents or $38 for non-residents. Daily pass rates vary from park to park. At Devil’s Lake State Park Daily Rates are currently $13 for residents or $16 for non-residents.
A beachside ceremony from 230pm-3pm followed by photography. Then you can either join the bride and groom on their hike up the bluff, explore the park, or head to downtown baraboo for entertainment until the group dinner.
At the time when white trappers, then settlers were moving into the area, they learned from the local Ho-Chunk people that their name of the lake was Tewakącąk which roughly translated, meant “Sacred lake”. Sometimes this was also interpreted as “spirit” or “holy” lake. So you can see how with a little misunderstanding, and most likely some prejudice as well, the name “Devil’s Lake” came to be. While the Ho-Chunk considered the lake sacred space, those early European turned toward something more sinister.