The Johnson's: Dream Vacation in the Dells!!

…We'll play mini-golf at the Jellystone
And we'll finally see that house of foam
And if the kids wanna buy a t-shirt what the hell
It's our dream vacation in the Dells

And at night when the kids is all asleep
Then off to the lounge for a nightcap we can sneak
I know our lives they ain't the stuff of dreams
But for one full week we can live like kings and queens
So let's board the dogs, lock the door
We'll roll down Interstate 94
Be the best week of our lives I can tell
We'll take our dream vacation in the Dells…

Last weekend, we took a short trip to Wisconsin Dells with my brother Christopher and his friend Kelli. We didn’t get a full week to take a dream vacation in the Dells like in the Martin Zellar song above, but we had an awesome weekend with the kids!

We took off Saturday morning and picked up Christopher and Kelli at 7:00am and squeezed all 7 of us into the van on top of tents, pillows, sleeping bags and food. We made it to Noah’s Ark before 10 and spent the day playing in the water and doing all the water slides. The kids are old/tall enough now to do most of the slides, so it made it easier to stick together as a group this year. We’ve done this trip in August with Christopher for 5 or 6 years now and it is such a fun way to spend time with him.

After Noah’s Ark, we headed to the campground to get set up. We ordered pizza and sat around the fire. We were all exhausted from the day and were in bed before 10:00pm. We got up on Sunday morning and headed to Mt. Olympus to ride some roller coasters and go-karts. They have some extremely long and fast roller coasters. They are also all wooden and super rough and jerky. Although they were super fun, after 4 or 5 rides, I had to take it easy as I was getting a headache!

We made a final stop at our favorite McDonald’s for lunch before heading home and got on the road about 1:00. I didn't get any good pictures, but stole a few cute ones from Kelli. It was a short trip, but the weather was great and we had a wonderful time!