Famille Du Pentium

So, as promised, pictures from Wisconsin Dells: <http://gallery.famille.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=2401&g2_fromNavId=xb17dc9dd>.

Here’s what you’ll see:

• The resort.  We stayed at the Raintree.  Pictures of the building, parking lot, and the indoor waterpark.  We went to the outside waterpark too; it’s basically the same as the indoor except it’s, well, outside.
• Mini-golf.  There’s lots of these places in the Dells that offer hundreds of holes of golf.  We settled for 18 :). 
• The Upper Dells boat tour.  You’ll see our boat, more pictures of Wis Dells sandstone formations, and a few pictures from some of the boat stopovers including the famous Stand Rock (where the dog jumps across).
• The Ducks / Lower Dells tour.  More sandstone :).
• "Top Secret" – a sort of strange upside down house that you tour.  It was fun, but not extraordinary.
• Go carts.  We love go carts.
• Rick Wilcox (magician).  There’s one picture of the kids with him.
• The Riverview and Great Western Railway.  This is kind of special.  It’s a 15" track, with cars and a  real working steam engine built specifically for them. I include pictures of the cars and engine, plus the staff turning the engine around on a turntable at the end of the line.  We approached this ride with some trepidation, thinking it looked kind of like one of those amusement park train rides.  But it’s a nice one, really – 1.5 miles each way and the Engineer explains to the kids how a steam engine works.
• The Lost Canyon.  This is a horse-drawn carraige (sp?) ride through "Lost Canyon" in the Dells.  More sandstone, but this time with horses in the foreground.
• Tommy Bartlett’s Exploratory.  A little difficult to describe, it’s like a small version of the Museum of Science and Industry, where kids can do some hands-on activities.  If you look carefully, you’ll find a picture of Tommy Bartlett water skiing in there – the only time in his life when he put on water skis.  Also, Aaron and Marla’s heads are on a platter, and Justin makes some rubber band art, and Marla does an acrobatic trick involving a bicycle precariously balanced on a high wire.