Day 691: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Ben

Today we continued driving east, skirting the mess that is Chicago and entering Indiana:

A few miles after crossing the border, we arrived the visitor center for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore:

B liked this chair in the visitor center:

The kids completed their Junior Ranger workbooks and received a badge and patch:

We drove down to the lakeshore. It’s the first time any of us have been to the Great Lakes. It feels like being on the ocean, but there are no waves, which makes the experience odd:

There’s one in every family:

We left the lake shortly before sunset and drove east to overnight at the Walmart of Michigan City, Indiana. See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Day 690: Onward, to Illinois

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Ben

Shabbos was peaceful at the Verona Airport. We didn’t see a single plane come or go, unfortunately.

This morning it was too windy to fly, so we did homeschool and then drove south, passing through the town of Brodhead where we visited with family:

We then continued on to overnight at the Walmart of DeKalb, Illinois. See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Day 688: Madison to Verona

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Ben

Today we spent the day with Uncle Dennis and Grandma DiAnn, then said our goodbyes and drove south to Verona, Wisconsin. We received permission from the airport manager to overnight here through Sunday morning. The weather is too stormy to fly today, but hopefully on Sunday it will be better.

Here’s the view from the intersection of the two runways, looking west. The RV is parked next to the hangar building on the right:

Good Shabbos from the Verona Airport! See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Day 687: Visiting the Wisconsin State Capitol

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Ben

The kids have really run Uncle Dennis’ pets ragged. It looks like Jack is pooped:

Today we headed downtown for a tour of the Wisconsin Capitol with Uncle Dennis, Grandma DiAnn, and Tricia’s sister:

B was given the job of using a laser pointer to indicate for the rest of the tour group a fossil in one of the stone steps:

The hearing room:

The Supreme Court chamber

The Senate Chamber:

The State Assembly chamber:

We climbed a couple flights of stairs and a narrow spiral staircase to reach the walkway that circumnavigates the exterior of the building:

After we returned to Uncle Dennis’ house, the kids played with his pets:

Trish had a great time playing saxaphone with Uncle Dennis for several hours. She brought her mouthpiece on this trip for just this occasion. Uncle Dennis had a saxaphone for her to use. They sounded great!