Tom had read about a scenic railway museum a few minutes from Wisc. Dells. We drove down, arriving 10 minutes before they were leaving for a 50 minute ride. We didn't know that was available. Got on that and it was raining when we got back. Some men were re-enacting a WWII encampment and they had to cover up a lot of their stuff. They only do it one day a year, so that was neat that he saw what he did.
I forgot to mention more stuff that we saw again yesterday in Wisc. Dells: golf courses, amusement parks, double drive-in theater, huge casino, water ski show, monster truck place, drive a race car - just amazing. They are busy all year because so many of the water parks, etc, are indoors. We walked around some of the long strip of touristy shops and restaurants and were only interested in picking up a couple of kinds of Wisc cheese in a shop.
Sign at a church outside of town: exercise daily - walk with the Lord.
In the evening Tom played and sang for the couple next to us who we had visited with briefly. They really enjoyed it and had never seen a 12 string. They have 4 kids and 2 of the girls work 3 and 4 part-time jobs to make ends meet and they each know women who have 4 and 5 kids apiece and are on the Illinois welfare system, bringing in $900 for each kid each month! Our country is soooooo screwed up!
They can take cash from their card, buy groceries with some, etc etc. - all kinds of options.
Leaving Wisc. for eastern Iowa tomorrow. We have found that a number of tourist places are closed on Monday. I checked the computer for the Rock Island Arsenal, which is one of the highlights of the whole trip for Tom, to see Monday's hours. They are closed. Luckily we knew we'd be in town by noon Sunday and he could go that afternoon.
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