Vacation ~ Day 2

As I type this, I am sitting in a very noisy Wiley's Woods at our hotel... Screaming kids, flying balls and air shooter (to send the balls flying even faster!). The day is winding down and I am ready for sleep! It was a busy day, filled with all kinds of adventures!

Breakfast was at our favorite Denny's Restaurant (50's theme with Elvis, the Blues Brothers and Marilyn Monroe out front). It never fails that after we get here, the place fills up. We have never had to wait to get a seat, but by the time we leave, there is usually a wait for a table! Today was not quite as but there was definitely a lot more people there when we left than when we got there! Darrin tried something different for breakfast - their sizzlin' skillets. Bacon, sausage, hash browns and scrambled eggs, served with Pancakes instead of tortilla's so he could make breakfast fajitas.

After breakfast, we headed into town to check out the new 4D theater. We opted to get the tickets ahead of time at the hotel as they were offered there at a discount. We were the only ones in the theater! We had our choice of seat... Darrin could not decide where to sit! A few minutes after the "show" show started, we realized that there was a problem... there was not picture to go along with the sound and other effects! At first we thought it was just part of the start of the movie... just to get you started on the other effects (smell, touch etc.) Finally we told Darrin to run out and tell her that there was no picture! The gal working the counter came back and tried to see what she could do. She was not sure how to fix it so she called next door for help. A few minutes later we were back in business. When the film finally restarted, it was a totally different experience! We now knew what was spitting at us, what jabbed us in the back and where that SMELL was coming from!

Then it was off to do some mini golfing at Timber Falls Adventure. We have driven past there every time we have been here, but have never been able to stop, since we are usually here in Feb or March. We decided to splurge and get the All Day Pass so we would have the opportunity to ride the roller coaster, bumper boats and Log Flume. We figured this would be plenty to keep Darrin busy all day!

Our first choice to make was which of the 4 mini golf courses we wanted to tackle... So we opted for the one right in the middle of everything! Since it was still early in the day we pretty much had the place to ourselves! Not something that we would have thought we would see in the Dells, but apparently this is the quietest time of the entire summer.

The rest of the morning was spent riding the coaster, golfing one of the other courses and watching Darrin ride the Log Flume about 15 times!

One of the highlights of the day was making a stop at Lake Delton... or should I say where Lake Delton should have been. After the Great Flood of 2008 as the local call it, all that is left of Lake Delton is a grassy covered lake bed. They have started working on rebuilding the area where Cty A passes, and the plan is to have Lake Delton back in business by next summer. Yesterday when we went on our Duck Tour, we went on a revised tour route since they could not go out onto the lake.

It is amazing to see NOTHING there, when last time we were here, this was an awesome lake! Overall though it was unbelievable that more houses were not lost as a result of the flooding and erosion. (yes that is Darrin in the photo, standing way out in the dry lake bed - he probably would have been in 10 feet of water if the lake were full!)

By mid afternoon we were ready to find the water! We spent the afternoon relaxing the the several pools at the hotel, both indoor and out. We discovered that the Great Wolf does not have an outdoor hot tub... bummer! Oh well, we will survive!

After a relaxing afternoon we decided to head out to find food. Tonight it was over to Knuckleheads and Buffalo Phils. Knuckleheads is a huge indoor amusement park, bowling alley and arcade. But not much options as far as food unless you like typical bar type foods. So we headed to Buffalo Phils, where we have eaten before.

Wiley's Woods was not the same anymore. Apparently the "game" part of the Play area has been removed! No more collecting points while you play in the 4 floors of interactive fun! The company that developed the software for then is not in business anymore and there was no software support available. Since they could not keep the level of enjoyment and quality of the game where it needed to be, they took it out. Huge disappointment as that was one of our favorite things about staying here!

Ok, time to find sleep!!