While Rod was in Illinois in August, Jeff had taken a couple weeks of vacation to be off for the Boone County Fair. Sometime during the summer they had hatched up a scheme (?!!) to go to the Wisconsin Dells and ride the Ducks. Seeing as we had never done it before, we decided to drive up on the Monday after the Fair and see what it was all about. The trip up to the Dells was really nice and so far the weather was cooperating.
When we were kids, we had canoed up here with the Peases. We camped on a sandbar and of course we skinny dipped after dark. What fun...but I remember being really freaked about the Sturgeon that were "lurking" in the currents. Eek!
Our driver/Captain that day was a college kid working his summer job. He was entertaining and informative, I just can't remember too much about his spiel. I do seem to remember that one of these pictures was of the bluff that collapsed when a man was playing a grand piano at sunset. True or False--sounds like a popular tall tale to me!
One of the things he did spend some time talking about was the dam failure that led to the emptying of Lake Delevan. The picture below is of the new dam. It seems to me that I drove through the area after that happened and remember seeing lots of flooded farm land. Nice to see things are about back to normal.
After the boat ride we went downtown to check out the tourist trap shops. I don't remember it being this ticky tacky...but I am sure it hasn't changed much in years. Being of a certain age, the three of us dropped in to "Have a swig with Nig" but he wasn't in. We did split a pitcher of beer before heading out of town.
And, a visit to the Dells would not be complete without a trip to both the outlet stores (I found a new pair of Mickey Crocs for $15) and losing $10 at the Casino. LOL It was a nice outing after a week of pigs, kids and fair food.
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