Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Vacation Journal

Day 1 - went to the Dells and used free passes to Knuckleheads & Noah's Ark - slept in Tomah, WI
Day 2 - drove through Minn. and arrived in Sioux Falls, SD (we'll stay here for 4 nights) - visited Falls Park
Day 3 - drove to Sioux City, IA - visited Jan at her parents farm - went to Lewis & Clark Museum - went to sioux Falls Aquatic Center in the PM
Day 4 - rode the trolley - toured the town of Sioux Falls - ate an early dinner - went to Wild Waterpark West for all the slides & rides you can handle ('til 10:00 PM)
Day 5 - drove by heard of buffalo - went to "old general store" for souvenirs & buffalo jerky - went to Mitchell to tour the famous Corn Palace ( a really cool place - I went here as a kid w/ my grandparents - - it has gotten even better)
Day 6 - left Sioux Falls - went to Mason City, IA to visit Rick's Grandma - spent the night there - after dinner the boys swam & Megan & I went to do a little shopping
Day 7 - JULY 4th! - Caleb's birthday! - headed towards home - no definite plans - made it to Galena - stayed at Country Inn - swam for hours - loved the waterslide - played in the arcade - ordered pizza - watched fireworks from the highest street in Galena
Day 8 - came home - unpacked - went to G'pa & G'ma's to get Holly and had a cook out in honor of Caleb's birthday

PHEW! It sure is nice to be home again!

3 comments:

Ann-Marie said...

Wow! You guys sure were busy! Did you manage to relax anywhere in there? :-) Sounds like such a great summer vacation.

Charity said...

Hey all, sounds and looks like you guys had a fun time visiting people and places. It seems like you got to have fun just being together.

a joyful nusiance said...

I'm glad you had a nice vacation, it sounds like you were really busy!