Wisconsin Dells

Our plans when we left Decorah were to stay at the Blackhawk COE near DeSoto, WI, which we did for one night.  With all the recent rain, the Mississippi River was rising and the campground had to be closed.
We drove up to LaCrosse, WI and took the LaCrosse Queen paddlewheel boat tour on the Mississippi River.  I've wanted to do that for quite some time.  Gene met some folks that recommended Rudy's Drive-In, so we drove over for their famous chili hot dogs.   Since we were in the area, we went up to Granddad Bluff where you can see Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.  It was a lovely view.  We had not made reservations for Saturday night - Gene said we would wing it.   We found a quiet state park near Camp Douglas, WI - Mill Bluff State Park.  It was a non electric, no water site, but we had plenty of water in our fresh water tanks, we switched the refrigerator to propane and our "house" batteries ran our lights.  I opened a can of chicken and dumplings (manual can opener), added some frozen peas and heated it up on our propane burner.   It was quite tasty.  I also made sure I called for a reservation at a campground for Sunday night.  An interesting tidbit - Mill Bluff is #40 on the state park list.  It was also our 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday, the 22nd.  When we left Sunday morning, we took the scenic route Hwy 12/16 rather than the interstate.  If we don't have a deadline we prefer the slower pace.  I'm glad we did because we saw the cutest display of cows for the cow-munity project in Mauston, WI.  We arrived in Wisconsin Dells, stopped at Culver's for lunch and then on to Fox Hill RV Park and Campground in Baraboo.  Another nice, clean campground.  Today we drove into the Dells and took the "Original Wisconsin Ducks" amphibian tour through forests and into the Wisconsin River and Lake Delton.  It was an exciting ride and we loved it.  We ate lunch at Moose Jaw Pizza, then stopped at Market Square Cheese for some real Wisconsin cheese.  We're now back at Fox Hill to catch up on emails and such.  Tomorrow we head for Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay where we'll explore Door County.  We've been busy, but are having a lot of fun.