DAY 4:  Continuing on our journey.....  We left Minneapolis Wednesday morning and headed to Wisconsin.  Along the way we stopped at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp where we learned about the logging history of the area and walked around a mock logging camp.  Then we got to Rob's dad's house in time to let the kids enjoy riding the golf cart and tractor.  They enjoyed looking for fish in the pond, and of course had fun spending time with grandpa.







DAY 5:  On Thursday we visited the Wisconsin Martime Museum.  We toured a World War 2 era submarine.  Fitting through the openings in the submarine proved to be a bit of a challenge especially to taller members of the family!  After that it was back to grandpa's house for some baseball, soccer, and more riding the tractor and golf cart.








(fishing simulator)


(in the children's area, we built a tube system to get the waterwheel going)



DAY 6:  We visited three museums yesterday.  The first was The History Museum at the Castle which had some really interesting exhibits, particularly the Houdini area.  The kids learned all about how Houdini did some of his tricks and illusions then got to try some themselves.  Then we went to Hearthstone which is the first hydro-powered house in the world.  We took a tour with costumed interpreters who talked about the history of the building and era.  Unfortunately, there were no pictures allowed in that building.  Then we went to the Paper Discovery Center where we learned to make paper, and even made a piece of paper to bring home iwth us.



Lys and Adam performed Houdini's trick that included switching places with his assistant in the locked box.
















Drew and Lys learned about levitating a table during a seance.


Making paper:






Playing in the paper mill slide: