We left Minnesota behind and traveled on to the Wisconsin Dells. Before we left the campground, Tyler googled a train museum called Mid-Continental Railroad Wisconsin and it was pretty much in the same area we were going so we stopped in to see it. Just as we arrived to the little depot, we saw a Baldwin 1300, a small diesel switcher (Tyler is supplying me with this:) pulling back into the depot after taking a group on a short trip. We looked around at all of the engines and train cars in the display and some that weren't on display but were on the tracks further down the line. There were passenger cars and even an old refrigerated car (they used ice) from the 1800s. I thought the engines and cars were pretty...Tyler thought that was funny. He is simply looking at their power and mechanics and other than that he can't explain it.
We arrived at our campground in the late afternoon, set up camp and then left to find a restaurant. After a couple of dead-ends (one place wanted $15 dollars for a salad...you have got to be kidding me) we found a cool place on Lake Dellton called Port Vista. There was a huge deck sitting on the hill above the lake and we sat outside and ate a 32oz. steak dinner for two with all of the trimmings (for a meer $24) ...or we tried.
We drove through downtown Wisconsin Dells and it is a complete tourist trap for people with kids. We got away from there as soon as possible and got back to camp where we were promptly set upon by the most blood thirsty mosquitoes I have encountered since my visit to New Hampshire years ago. One of the workers there told said they are the state bird and I believe her! We doused ourselves with off and enjoyed a good fire and then went to bed. It had been a long day.
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