Guest User
October 18, 2024
The Stewart Inn was the last stay for my wife and me on our way home to Minnesota from a week-long trip through Michigan's Upper Peninsula to enjoy the fall colors. I knew nothing about the Inn except for what I read on Tripadvisor. The reviews and pictures looked fabulous. We chose a stay in Wausau only because that is as far as I wanted to drive from St. Ignace, MI in a day. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by Randy who gave us a tour of the beautiful home. When he showed us to our room, we were surprised to hear that we were upgraded to a nicer room than we had booked, although the original room looked plenty nice to me. Randy then suggested that we might want to take advantage of a free art exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, a short distance from the Inn. They are currently running their annual Birds in Art exhibition. Randy must be clairvoyant because my wife and I enjoy birding. We had a wonderful time at the exhibit. Returning to the Inn, we took part in the Wine reception where we met several of the other guests. Randy made suggestions to the group about where we might want to go for dinner. We followed his advice and had a very good meal at Ciao, an Italian restaurant within walking distance of the Inn. I awoke the next morning feeling under the weather and told my wife to go to breakfast without me. Randy told my wife that he would be happy to serve us breakfast in our room. We were very appreciative of this kindness. The breakfast was delicious. In fact, my wife thought it might be her favorite meal of our entire trip. In short, we consider our stay at the Stewart Inn serendipitous. Rather than just a stop on the final leg of our trip, we could easily see this Inn and town becoming a destination trip for us in the future.