Econo Lodge Wisconsin Dells

... to an indoor water park called Kalahari, with not surprisingly an African theme.

The water park had heaps of slides, we both really liked the one that was like a big drain, you slide down then whip out into a big bowl shape and spin round and round until you are dumped unceremoniously into a big pool of water. They also had one of the first rollercoaster water slides. This ride ...

Today we went to the Wisconsin Dells on a Duck ride.
These old vehicles were used in World War 2 to land the troops in the Normandy and also in the Vietnam war.
As a tourist attraction someone had the idea to take these boats or whatever for tours on and around the Wisconsin River.
My mum, step dad, and me enjoied a nice ride through different territories and over the Wisconsin River. Very nice country side.

Till

... on the back of a moving, bouncing trailer for 2500 miles (so far) exaggerates even the smallest movement. Paint gets rubbed, rubber gets rubbed through, wires get frayed.....I have to keep on top of it at least once or twice a day (and the sad thing is, with the weather, the bikes have not been anywhere but on the rack!!!)

Let's see, what else.....Oh yeah, the battery in the Tahoe died at a NFS campground at Wind River. Not a big surprise though. I had ...

... the kids. Day 3: Promised the kids we'd take them to a theme water park today, but not that easy at this time of year. This Winsconsin Downs is like a mini Disney - in other words - it's absolutely full of theme parks, albeit water ones, restaurants, shows, tours and anything else you can think of.... however, 90 percent of it is shut down now. Anyway, we persued the thought of an indoor water park, and stopped at 'Wilderness Territory' which ...

... that is visited by coach loads of people. No, seriously the art work is very good. The rest of the day was spent driving east. We did not have anything in particular to see in the area and we wanted to get on as much as we could. In fact, unless you are an aficionado of Corn or Sunflowers, the 500+ kms offered little else. The only thing of note was passing the town where Mary Ingles (author of Little House on ...

I have always said the worst part about going to China is getting ready to go to China. I am a little bit smarter now and travel very light. This trip I am taking a carry on suitcase and my laptop case. I will most likely check the carry on as I really dont feel like carrying it all the time. Oh and that 3-1-1 ******** that ...

We arrived... got drinks... set up the tents while drinking... pretty happy before 5pm... oh no... no wood for the bonfire... went to gas station.. bought marshmellows, more drinks, snacks, hot dogs... walked out and noticed big pile of firewood... oops... guess we should get some of that too...

After spending our first night in the Poconos, and our second night outside of Toledo, Ohio we arrived at our first destination on July 19th. We had mastered the art of traveling in the RV, including the dump station, so we did not end up like Robin Williams in the movie RV. Our campground hosts recommended that we go hiking in Devil's Lake State Park. It was an exciting and exhausting place to hike ...

... had 6 waterpark areas...3 outdoors and 3 indoors. There was this crazy ride called the hurricane, an indoor wave pool, and many other interesting things I'm never seen before. There were originally only 3 of us, but we were later joined by another 3 who live nearby in Reedsburg. Got some tasty pizza from Moosejaw, and spent the night playing Wii and hanging out. It was a good birthday party. We got a short hour of swimming in this morning and then headed home.

... so in order to cross over the hills, even a relatively short climb takes a few miles. as we got closer and closer to the tunnel, the air started getting colder and more humid. the tunnels are big enough that they trap a lot of moisture and the temperature differential causes steam and moisture to emanate from the entrance. we came to the largest tunnel first. it clocks in at nearly 3/4 of a mile long, and since it has a slight bend, you can't even see the idiomatic light at the ...