Wisconsin Dells – August 2005

Joey works for a company based in northern Illinois. They have a retreat for all the managers and their families each year. This year Joey and I were invited. We gathered in a town called Wisconsin Dells a few minutes north of Madison, WI. It was a Las Vegas for kids. Just like the strip in Las Vegas, all along the main street in The Dells (as the locals call it), there are hotels all advertising why their hotel is better than the next. Instead of casinos, amusement and water parks bring in the crowds. Our hotel, The Great Wolf Lodge, was an indoor waterpark and hotel. An indoor water park was a new idea for us, and a must in the Wisconsin climate (although we had lovely weather while we were there)! Joey and I are tough critics when it comes to water parks, because we rate our experience against Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, Texas. We were skeptical that the folks in Wisconsin could compete, but they did a smart job – The water parks had really great rides, and at least one we had never seen before.