Wisconsin: Part II

 Once the whole Framily arrived in SP, they opened their welcome gift from us. It's an inside joke from our travels last year, but the t-shirts worked out perfectly for this Summer vacation.

We headed to downtown Madison and checked into our hotel on the square. Stopped in at a niche cheese shop to get some cheese and sausage for up north. We all walked down State Street to head to the union for some snacks, beverages and to enjoy the beautiful weather Madison had to offer that day. 

The kids went to watch a movie in our hotel room while the adults went to dinner and drinks at Eno Vino.

The next morning the Framily wanted to see my childhood homes so I showed them the first one and of course they had to take a picture. 

After the tour of SP we headed north to cooler weather. It was a long 3 1/2 hour drive, but it was absolutely worth it. I mean just look at this view.

The kids enjoyed all the tubing they could get in that week.

They loved playing with Barb and Shirley too.

We went out to dinner and learned that nobody is in a hurry up north. Dinners were taking 2.5 - 3 hours each night. Breakfast took two hours as well. It was definitely not something we were used to when eating out. At least at most places we were able to keep the kids busy with pull tabs. 

One morning Andy and Brian went out fishing with a guide. They brought in three Walleye so we ate that one day.

Another day we took the kids on the pontoon boat to a location where they were able to catch baby fish by just putting their poles in the water.

Max, Stella and Briggs all took turns driving the boat. 

The kids tried water skiing and kneeboarding. Max had more success with the kneeboarding and didn't even try skiing. I bet if Max would have tried a couple of more times he would have been able to kneeboard. 

We took the cheese we bought in Madison and created a cheese board and went out on the pontoon boar ride. This was a lot of fun and relaxing. Huge kudos to Emily for driving us around.

On the last day we did get out for an up north WI bar crawl. We had a lot of fun this day while the kids hung out back at the cabin. 

It was such a fun Framily vacation. It was a lot of travel to get there and back, but it was definitely worth it. There were a lot of laughs and stories to tell. Also, a huge thanks to our gracious hosts: Ryan and Emily!