August 2 - New London

August 2

At first the plan was to just relax today as there was no real push to get everyone to leave. Check out time was a noon. But when drinking my coffee I saw a brochure of The Dells Boat Tours with had really cool looking sandstone formations. So we drove back up to the Wisconsin Dells with the RV and MDX. George looked on Google Earth to see how big the parking lot was. Went on 2-hour cruise which also included two land excursions with a snack bar at the end of the hike which I thought was funny. The second hike was up to an amphitheater where a German Shepard jumped from one sandstone tower to another. It was scary until George saw the dog had a net. This feat was all brought about because someone wanted to do motion photography back in the late 1800's with a still camera. He had some other guy jump the gap which is 5' wide, 65' off the ground 14 times until the photographer achieved the effect he wanted. Nowadays they use a dog for the feat. At the other landing there was a boardwalk through a narrow water eroded through the limestone channel. I was shocked as I didn't hear the narrator on the boat say that there was a concession stand at the end. George got an ice cream cone and he bought me a root beer float. After that we debated as to whether we wanted to get a campsite in Wisconsin Dells and see a magic show or go do the original plan. George said it was up to me so I chose to go to New London as I was too tired to go to a magic show. Of course if we had stayed at Wisconsin Dells we wouldn't have been hit by the 70 mph winds and hail storm on our way. When we arrived to the campground it was sunny with black skies to the East. We had been to this campground before the EAA AirVenture, so we knew that after 4 PM everyone was at the bar on site. So when I walked in they all knew me! They asked about how we liked the EAA show? They told me that the storm missed them but after we arrived we did have a two thunderstorms. George had bought a drone at the FMCA rally and Abby does not approve of him learning to fly it in the RV.