Vacation 2018

Summer Vacation 2018

Road trip to Kalahari in Wisconsin

August

We headed out on Monday morning. We were ready for a week of fun! Our good friend, Steve, was going along with us. So this was going to be a great road trip!

Our first stop was in Illinois at the Volo Car museum. What an amazing place to visit. It took around 3 hours to go thru the entire thing. So many neat things to see and interact with. The pictures don't do it justice. It is certainly a place to check out if you have never been there before! Here are just a couple of pictures from there. I have so many pictures, but didn't want to overload with just this. 

The Dukes of Hazzard car!

They had a little area for kids to play...great for our kids 

before getting in the car to drive again.

 We now got on the road to head to Kalahari in Wisconson Dells, WI. It was such a rainy drive and things were flooding. We heard that one town that I believe we drove thru got a crazy amount of rain...like 10 inches or more!!! We had to stop at a Walmart (it was seriously the smallest Walmart I have been in) and we needed to get new wipers for the vehicle. But we got them changed and we were back on the road. We were ready to have a blast at Kalahari!!

And we have arrived at Kalahari!! And it was raining...couldn't use the outdoor water park, but we were ready to swim!!! And that is what we did!!! Three days straight, plus they had an amazing arcade and indoor mini theme park. A ferris wheel, some small rides and the Go-Karts. And we had the unlimited wristband and we put it to good use!! All I can say is if you haven't been to Kalahari, you need to go! It is sooo worth it and you won't want to go to any other indoor water park! We have been numerous times and we are already starting to plan our trip down to Texas when they open their new one!!

Donny and Uncle Steve on the go-karts

The view from our room! The deck was huge!

Thank you Kalahari for another amazing vacation! We cannot wait to come back! 

 And now it is time to check out of the hotel and start heading towards home. But we have a few more things up our sleeve for fun and we cannot wait. Our first stop was Ripley's Believe it or not. Must say, it is a very interesting spot. And the kids enjoyed it. But we were ready to go after about an hour. 

And we are now on the road, heading back to Illinois. We will be staying the night there and then head home in the morning. OR will we? Maybe we have a surprise for the kids. ( and us as this wasn't even planned)

So, we decided to extend our trip by a day or two and drive down the historic Route 66. We had picked up a map and some information about what to see, and decided to check it out! And what a great choice it was!!! We drove south to come north...and drove by so many places to stop and see. Gas stations turned into souvenir stands, the historic Joliet Prison and the Blues Brothers car. Something that none of us will forget!

We had a wonderful vacation and cannot wait to plan our next one. 

Thanks for the memories!