Kenna completed a puzzle at the Two Rivers Wisconsin libary.
We are in Chicago this week! We spent last week in Wisconsin. After Eau Claire, we spent 2 nights outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin. We were in an RV park attached to a motel, that was situated right across from Lake Michigan. Unfortunately, there was a 4 lane state highway that ran between us and the lake, so it wasn’t as pleasant as I would have liked. The RV park was pretty lacking overall, but because it was attached to a motel with an indoor pool, the kids made the most of it by spending lots of time in the pool.
Friday, while Mark was at a client meeting and we had to be out of the RV park, we relocated the RV to the town park and library. The library must have been fairly new. It had a lovely reading-readiness area with puzzles and other activities for kids Erika’s age. They even had a teen video game time that Kyle & Blake attended; they were the only ones to show up so they got exclusive use of the Nintendo Wii. All in all, we had a very enjoyable time hanging out in the library with so much reading material at our disposal.
We moved onto the Wisconsin border so we could go to the Jelly Belly factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Fortunately, there was an Outlet Mall nearby that allowed RV parking, so we just stayed the night there. And of course, in the morning we enjoyed some shopping. Unfortunately, the Jelly Belly factory tour wasn't nearly as good as the one in Californina, because it's only a distribution center, and not a manufacturing plant. Still, it wasn't all bad because we each got a sample package of Jelly Bellys.
We were booked into a KOA campground northwest of Chicago, but after staying Saturday night, realized that it was too far from Chicago for us to really enjoy the city. With no other RV parks closer to Chicago, we chose to stay at an inexpensive hotel near Chicago O’Hare airport that allowed us to park the RV. We got drove along Lake Michigan towards the Museum of Science & Industry and enjoyed the Science museum for the afternoon. We have really gotten a lot of value out of our Pacific Science Center membership as this is the 3rd science museum we’ve gotten in using our Pacific Science Center pass. In all honesty, the museum was very overwhelming because it was packed. They have a special Harry Potter exhibit where they show a lot of the props used in the movies. It runs just a few more weeks, which they said was partially responsible for the crowd, but I’m sure the holiday weekend played part of it. We decided that we would have to come back to see it all again, and see the Harry Potter display then. It costs $15 per kid to see it and $18/adult, so I think perhaps the girls and I will pass.
Mark & I have decided that we really need to be IN the city to enjoy it. He has a jam packed week beginning Saturday with a conference he’s attending, so we took a risk in the “Magnificent Mile” area using Hotwire. Fortunately, we got the same hotel that I had been looking to book for less than half price. Right now, Mark is driving the RV out to the resort that the conference is at while I am watching the kids enjoy the pool. We’ll be heading in to the city here shortly; I am anxious to check into the hotel as I’ve never used Hotwire before and wonder if it’s too good to be true. We’re planning on hitting the Field Museum, the natural history museum, and should get into yet another museum for free using our Pacific Science Center pass!
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