Back from Wi-Dell

Sounds like a cool way to say Wisconsin Dells you know. Anyway four days have done me wonders and I am back in Illinois, ready for work, and happy to be back with you, my loyal readers.

So let's start this off with a trip recap. Mom, Hogan, and I drove 2.75 hours from St. Charles to Lake Delton, WI, a small town just west of the Dells (for the east coasters, the Dells are an area an hour NW of Madison loaded with family entertainment and waterparks). We check into Tamarack, which has been designed by a couple of different groups including Fairfield. There were all kinds of different accomodations, from a 20 story motel-type building to small houses that were for 1 or 2 people. A lot of space to walk around, a lot of pine trees, and a big lake with flocks of ducks swimming around.

Now we wanted to know a place to get Thanksgiving dinner. This area is usually packed in the summer so we knew we wouldn't have to worry about reservations. They recommended the buffet at the local casino. Now I'm usually not a fan of buffets or going into casinos. But the cute girl at the desk promised it would be good so we took her up on it. We drove to our room, snuck Hogan in (since dogs were not allowed we would've been fined $100 and gotten rid of from the site if they saw him) and drove down to Baraboo, about 10 minutes south. By the way, I got the phone number of the girl at the desk. It's Zero. I called her back later on, but her voice had changed.

So we drove to this hotel/casino in the middle fo a lot of cow pastures. That was one ripe smell surrounding this place. We went from one awful smell to another as we went through the doors and became engulfed in a cloud of cigarette smoke. The buffet was 12.95 and I have to say it was marvelous. Carved roast beef, the enormous turkey leg, sage stuffing, wild rice, desserts, fried shrimp, rolls, salad, just about everything I had was great. It wasn't the same as spending time with my family, but it was still good.

Exhausted from the turkey we wnt back to the room. With the weaher a rather plesant 55 degrees, I took a book and my Bible and walked over to the lake and sat down on one of the benches for about 2 hours. I must say I had one of the better quiet times I've had in a few months. I don't remember anything about the rest of the night except we stayed in. After the driving and the meal, I guess we planned and prepared for the next few days.