Girls just want to have fun

"Oh girls just want to have fun"  That is what this girl got to do this past weekend.  I hopped in my car and drove two and a half hours north of Chicago to the Wisconsin Dells to meet up with my childhood friend Sonya, her daughters, two of Sonya's adult friends and their 4 daughthers, That's right 10 females together ready to laugh, eat and spend time on a waterslide.

I started the weekend by first meeting up with a friend from work as she lives nearby the Dells.  We had a nice lunch and then decided we needed to check out the local Casino - Ho-Chunk.  I did pretty well actually.  At least I always say I do well when I come home even or a winner. In this case,  I broke even.  Good enough for me!

After the gambling my work friend heading home and I headed to the Wilderness Territory Hotel and Resort to meet up with my friends.  Upon arrival we promptly headed to the indoor water parks.  There are 3 of them and plenty to keep us happy.  We had a great time. 

My friend was lucky enough to get a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom two story condo equipped with a full kitchen, washer/dryer and a nice screened in patio for our group of ten and we used it all.  We brought our own food to save on money and all took turns cooking and cleaning.  Such a great plan for a big group!

On Saturday we started the morning with a visit to their in-house pottery place and made our own pottery creations.  Here is a photo of mine BEFORE it got painted:


After we finished our creations we headed back to the waterparks.  Then in the afternoon it was time to get out of those suits to see the real reason the Dells exsist and take a boat tour of the Wisconsin Dells themselves. For anyone who might not know what the Dells are here is a brief history lesson :  The Dells (term used in the singular) was formed during the last ice age approximately 15,000 years ago. During the ice age it was part of the large Driftless Area that was bypassed by the ice. The melting of the glacier formed Glacial Lake Wisconsin. The lake was held back by an ice dam of the remaining glacier. The eventual bursting of the ice dam unleashed a catastrophic flood, dropping the lake's depth to 50 feet (15 m) and cutting deep, narrow gorges and unusual rock formations into the sandstone.

So  you can understand what this says here are some photos from the tour.  The one with the walkway was part of the walking tour. It was really amazing to walk through these tunnels of cool looking rock formations.  I highly recommend the tour if you are ever in the Dells!

One part of the tour has a very special part in that one of the rocks formed in an interesting way, like a tower on its own.  For many years people of jumped from the main rock to this tower and back.  So now they have dog that jumps it ( no worries it was a cinch for the dog and they had a net) So I caught of picture of the dog in the act:
 
 

And here is a photo of the whole group of us enjoying our tour:

After the dells tour we spent some time browsing the local shops and stopped for some yummy chocolate. Then it was time for dinner and one more trip back to the  waterparks. 

On Monday we packed up and headed back to our homes. I had a great time and met some wonderful people.