A change of pace for us this year-we went north to the state of Wisconsin-Madison and the Dells- instead of back to the Smokies. It was a trip planned the week before once vacation time and dog sitting times were established. This trip knocked another state to visit off the list. We had never all been to Wisconsin before. It felt like a quick trip since we only spent one full day in Madison and 24 hours-ish in the Dells. We made the most of it, of course, and it was a fun time.
A stop at a random Wal-mart in Illinois gives us a chance to geo-cache in the pouring rain (it rained most of the trip to Wisconsin-yuck). Cale was the brave soul who volunteered to find and replace the cache.
We supported Cale from the car.
A driving tour of Madison. Way up front, you can see the capitol building.
Always on the hunt for free things, we went to the geology museum on the campus of UW-Madison. The kids were all ranges of interested, but I like to think that everyone took away one new thing they learned. The museum is self-guiding, so we got to take our time looking at everything and extra time running through the cave with the glowing rocks.
This is a giant piece of copper. And Cale.
Kella loves rocks-at least this one.
Ewan, what a sport. I had to almost threaten him to get a picture of him next to this cool fish. Whose happier, the fish skeleton or Ewan? Hard to tell.
Cool Liam with a cool dinosaur.
A giant armadillo!
We all know where Liam is actually going. #MITbound
Cool looking arch means I drag everyone on a hike to go look at it. It was a warm enough day with the sun out to go for a nice walk.
And, we got to stay with Jeff, Lindsay and baby Cade. Looks like everyone played well together. The kids thought Cade was fun. Cade thought is was amazing every time a cousin rounded the corner-someone new to look at.
We also played with Cade's toys. He didn't seem to mind.
The brothers-representing collages that are both not in Wisconsin and that neither of them attended.
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