Wisconsin Dells Camping Trip

July 23-25, 2004

Friday July 23, 2004

• We left Tracy’s house at about 5:40 pm after Tricia brought home some Taco Bell. The car was packed up and we were on the road. We took my dad’s Cadillac because it had more storage space and a TV. Brian and I sat in back and Tricia Drove. We watched True Lies on VHS then played my gamecube which I had set up as well. The traffic was nasty so it took a long time to get there. Over three hours. I wanted to get there early so we would still have some light. Upon paying and pulling up to our campsite, Tracy or Tricia notice that we have no picnic table and that other people are parked in our spot. They have pretty much monopolized the whole area. So After some fuss, I decide to go see if there is another spot we can get. Off to the ranger station. They didn’t want to give us another spot, but finally they told us we could check out 2 other spots. One was next to the highway, and was loud, the other was better and had a table and fire pit, so we took that one. Its now dark so we set up the tent in the dark. It went really well with Brian’s help and it was up in about 10 minutes. We set up the chairs and made some smores. Me and Brian had a few beers. Tracy and Tricia had to run 14 miles the next morning so they didn’t drink anything and we went to bed pretty early. Maybe 11:00ish. We all slept pretty well. The new tent we had bought worked really well.

It was not this light when we arrived. This photo is from the next day.

The photo below is shortly after the tent was set up.

Saturday July 24, 2004

• Woke up around 6:30 am. I went with Brian in the car and mapped out how far the girls had to run so that they could get their 14 miles in. While we did this they got dressed and ready to run. Once the girls got going me and Brian cooked breakfast. This consisted of eggs, bacon, corned beef hash and some coffee. It was really good. Only problem is that the frying pans I bought were so thin that things would burn easily. The soup pan was defective and the bottom came off in the eggs and had to be thrown away. Needless to say I am going to buy better pans for my next trip. After the girls run, we cooked them breakfast and they took a nap. Brian and I just relaxed and read our books. I am reading Straight Man by Richard Russo and Brian is reading a book on Greek Mythology. We Also Played UNO and Yatzee and then Brian and I took a walk to the River down the big hill and I took some photos.

• After relaxing longer around the campsite, playing some more games and stuff, we went for a drive into down town Dells and walked around. It was very busy and the traffic was bad. Most of the shops just sell junk. After this we went to MooseJaw Piiza and Brewing Company.  This is one of me and Tracy’s favorite places to eat. They have awesome pizza. We all did the “10 Pointer” beer sampler. You sample a small glass of 10 beers. Its a lot of beer and none of us finished it. We were pretty buzzed up by round 7 and didn’t want to just go back to the camp and pass out. We ate Nachos for an appetizer and Pizza for dinner.  Tracy, Brian and I had a large sausage, black olive and green pepper, Tricia had her own individual cheese pizza. She doesn’t like Green peppers or sausage that much on her pizza. We then headed back to the camp and bought some beer and I got a glowstick for tracy. We relaxed around the fire, ate more smores, drank and played with the glowstick.

From left to right – Tricia, Brian and Tracy

Me ready to rock

By spinning the glow stick you can make it look totally sweet.