Settled in Lake Delton, Wisconsin

But what a heck of a drive we had today, leaving Michigan City, Indiana - east of Gary, and headed towards the Windy City.  We had rain overnight but we were able to pack up, hook up, and get on I94 by 9am.  Typical leave time for us.  Yes, we did drug up Buddy, he is not a happy camper when that happens, but the alternative is not good, at all.

This is nothing - wait till we got nearer to Chicago - terrible.

Add another state on this trip.

Crossed over the Des Moines River outside of Chicago

Where are we going? 

A loft park model - hah!

A Denver transport - that's a big boat, wonder where it's heading to.

The roads were awful.  Construction, narrow lanes down due to construction, then weaving left, weaving right, 7 lanes to 3 to 4 to 2, a nightmare.  Pot holes.  oh. my. goodness.  The poor RV just bounced along.  At times Dave would say, sorry boys, because we were on a really stretch and I am sure they were not happy.  Took I94 west all the way out of Chicago, bypassing going into the city, then picking up I 39 heading north into Madison, Wisconsin.  Yes, we were about 50 miles farther in our travels, but only had 2 tolls we had to do, whereas if we stayed on I90 and took it through Chicago - the stop and go from the toll booths would have added so much more in time - and lots in aggravation.

And the turnoff for Madison, Wisconsin 

Hello again, Wisconsin 

Oh course we had rain - have had rain on every leg this summer 

I was impressed - how does this Helicopter not hit the pole or the wires?

And the guy standing on the rungs doing whatever.  Wow.

But the traffic.  Oh my goodness.  So many people going cad zillion miles over the speed limit.  What are they thinking?  Dave just plugged along, got into the turn off to Wisconsin Dells by 2:15pm, and we stopped and tanked up the RV, then got here to the campground by 3:15pm.  Total miles Dave drove - 300.  Lots, but not the most he's done.

Yeah - getting closer

Are we back in Sandusky?  Kalahari? Seriously?

Sure looks like the one in Ohio

Great Wolf Lodge - are you sure we are not in Ohio?

We had stayed in this campground 7 years ago, and in looking back - we were one sight over from where we are now.  Will be here until the 7th - we have a family wedding starting this Friday night with dinner for those who traveled from Cleveland.  Wedding isn't until Sunday, but there is lots of activities planned for all.

Just another 1.5 miles to go

Home for 11 days - home for 'older kids'

We are just so lucky we got in when we did - a thunderstorm came in about an hour later.  Not fun driving in an area where you don't know where exactly you are headed.