Kells check off three more states, two more Auroras

Week 2 of tour takes Aurorans to Auroras located in 
Wisconsin, Iowa
 

  • Tom and Patti Kell stand next to the imposing Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Michigan, which at 176 feet is one of the highest artificial ski jumps in the world. “Scary to even be on the ground imagining the jump,” Patti observed. The jump is located across the river from the small town of Aurora, Wisc.
    Tom and Patti Kell stand next to the imposing Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Michigan, which at 176 feet is one of the highest artificial ski jumps in the world. “Scary to even be on the ground imagining the jump,” Patti observed. The jump is located across the river from the small town of Aurora, Wisc.
  • Patti Kell poses for a picture next to a festive display of pumpkins in the town park at the northeastern Iowa town of Aurora.
    Patti Kell poses for a picture next to a festive display of pumpkins in the town park at the northeastern Iowa town of Aurora.

    (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles chronicling a nearly seven-week camping trip in the fall of 2025 by Tom and Patti Kell of Aurora in which they visited towns named Aurora across the eastern United States. ANR thanks the Kells for allowing us to tell the story of their journey.)The first partial week of Tom and Patti Kell’s Great Aurora Tour of 2025 took them from their ho…