Much too early the next morning Kelly and I headed out for the Dells. I let her drive. The fact that I had no proper plates, registration, or proof of insurance was lost on me. Fortunately she is a great driver, and she even let me control the radio. To you, my readers, you know what marvelous taste I have, but Kelly is still a little new so she wouldn't know what to expect. But I had her singing along to ABBA's 'Take a Chance on Me' in no time.
A half hour from the Dells, we stopped at McDonald's for breakfast and she paid. That sounds random but I'm coming back to it. As we entered the Dell's we saw a place to our left called 'MagiQuest'. A co-worker of hers said we just had to go. So we did. This was at 11:00 and when we entered it must have just opened because we didn't see anyone other than some little kids and a cleaning lady. MagiQuest is essentially a 3-story McDonald Playland. Kelly just dove right in and started climbing around. I yelled at her, "Kelly, you can't just go running in there like that!" "Oh come on, what's the big deal no one is around." "You have to take your shoes off first." She didn't, and neither did I. It was sort of fun running around in there trying to avoid the cleaning lady. I think she knew we were in there but didn't care.
After a little bit of being a hamster we left. That was awesome, we just experienced a major attraction for free. It wasn't like we could have paid, there was no one around. Next we saw right next door something that looked like a massive 'Chuckie Cheese'. So we went right to it, and just like MagiQuest it had just opened. We saw DDR had free credits in it, so we danced a round and both got E's. Then we played basketball because for whatever the reason the machine kept returning the balls to us. We also used our imagination and rode on the motorcycle arcade games. Those motorcycles could really go low on the turns, I have no idea how people take turns so fast in real life and maintain their balance. Major attraction number two down and again it was all free.
Next we saw a sign for a state park and decided to check it out. On the way I decided I didn't want to go because the terrain was all flat and I didn't want to just walk around in a flat forest. But on the way out we drove over a bridge that crossed a big creek or small river that had gorged its way far down into the rocks which created really high cliffs. I told Kelly she needed to immediately pull over, and she did and we scaled a small fence and went to the river. Kelly decided to scale the cliff itself. Again I screamed at her, because it was very steep, covered in moss, and high up. High up enough that we both thought falling down would mean instant death. I went a different way that slightly safer, but she made it down fine. Then we skipped rocks for awhile and then climbed back out. This time we both went up the way she climbed down. I thought going up looked much safer than going down. Still I wasn't too thrilled about having to grab roots as a hold that was keeping me from plunging to my death.
Next we drove to the main downtown area. We found there was a huge festival going on, which had attracted a ton of people. Parking was impossible. Really, we drove around and couldn't find anything. At one point we passed a Catholic Church, and I said, "Kelly, go try the Church's parking lot. I hung up this Rosary and Mary's going to help us out." And sure enough, there was one spot left. And I might add this was the only spot we saw the entire time. Mary is awesome, always ask her for stuff.
Downtown is essentially a giant tourist trap. Walking around we saw "Wizard's Quest" and both realized this was where Kelly's co-worker wanted us to go. It did look fun, but it was expensive and time consuming so we kept walking around. At one point we went into a Haunted Hose, which was $8 a person. Kelly said, "I'll give you $4 per person" and the guy said okay. So we went in, and found it really was scary. There were no lights or noises. Just complete blackness. We had to feel along the walls. Then we came to the end of the hallway and all the lights and music came on. We had gone in the exit rather than the entrance. But this seemed like fun so we kept making our way through.
After the haunted house we went to the various candy shops and ate a good deal of free samples of fudge and peanut brittle. Then we decided we need to try chocolate covered bacon. Do not try chocolate covered bacon.
At this point we were decided to drive around some more. Doing this we saw a sign for another park and decided to see it. But somehow we wound up on the highway going towards home. So we decided we were tired and it might be best to head that way. But on the way we passed by the exit for an Indian casino, and Kelly decided we needed to check it out. I had never been to a casino before. It was a lot of fun. I lost $20 much to quickly on two hands of Texas Hold 'Em, hey I had a pair of 10s and only 2 others were playing, but then only $5 more the rest of the 6 hours we were there. Those pennies machines are a blast and we got free pop!
Finally we left to go home. At this point we had only eaten McDonald's, candy, and pop. So we were hungry and overly-tired, where everything becomes funnier than it should be. We wound up driving through Freeport, and Kelly decided to show me 'Little Wrigley', but we didn't know the way. After awhile of driving up and down streets we found it and while we were looking at it, Kelly got a phone call. Her friend Carrie wanted to hang out with us both. Being overly-tired this sounded like a terrific idea so we hurried on back.
Carrie was waiting for us outside when we pulled up. She was very nice, and not too shy. She and Kelly decided for me that I needed to ride the bull at a local bar. I too felt this had to be done. First we had to stop at 'Taco Bell', this was Kelly and I's first real meal since McDonald's. I had 1 taco and she had 1 cheese stick thingy (not sure what it's called). She paid again which rocked. Then we walked to the bar with the bull. But the bull cost $3 to ride, and Kelly and I had literally spent every last bit of cash we had at the casino, so there was no bull riding for me. But they both complimented me for being willing to ride it. We walked around to two other bars before finally at 1 in morning deciding to call it a day. Neither of us had a drink while we were out, but by the time we stumbled back into her place, anyone would think we were plastered.
Kelly commented that on the real road trip, we would have to pace ourselves a bit better or we'd be too exhausted to continue by the second day. But hey, that meant our trial was a success and she wanted to go on the real thing. I agreed with her and also felt the day had been successful. So in early October we have our plans set for the real deal. A week long road trip. No I'm not saying where or what. All that should hopefully make for good posts.
A half hour from the Dells, we stopped at McDonald's for breakfast and she paid. That sounds random but I'm coming back to it. As we entered the Dell's we saw a place to our left called 'MagiQuest'. A co-worker of hers said we just had to go. So we did. This was at 11:00 and when we entered it must have just opened because we didn't see anyone other than some little kids and a cleaning lady. MagiQuest is essentially a 3-story McDonald Playland. Kelly just dove right in and started climbing around. I yelled at her, "Kelly, you can't just go running in there like that!" "Oh come on, what's the big deal no one is around." "You have to take your shoes off first." She didn't, and neither did I. It was sort of fun running around in there trying to avoid the cleaning lady. I think she knew we were in there but didn't care.
After a little bit of being a hamster we left. That was awesome, we just experienced a major attraction for free. It wasn't like we could have paid, there was no one around. Next we saw right next door something that looked like a massive 'Chuckie Cheese'. So we went right to it, and just like MagiQuest it had just opened. We saw DDR had free credits in it, so we danced a round and both got E's. Then we played basketball because for whatever the reason the machine kept returning the balls to us. We also used our imagination and rode on the motorcycle arcade games. Those motorcycles could really go low on the turns, I have no idea how people take turns so fast in real life and maintain their balance. Major attraction number two down and again it was all free.
Next we saw a sign for a state park and decided to check it out. On the way I decided I didn't want to go because the terrain was all flat and I didn't want to just walk around in a flat forest. But on the way out we drove over a bridge that crossed a big creek or small river that had gorged its way far down into the rocks which created really high cliffs. I told Kelly she needed to immediately pull over, and she did and we scaled a small fence and went to the river. Kelly decided to scale the cliff itself. Again I screamed at her, because it was very steep, covered in moss, and high up. High up enough that we both thought falling down would mean instant death. I went a different way that slightly safer, but she made it down fine. Then we skipped rocks for awhile and then climbed back out. This time we both went up the way she climbed down. I thought going up looked much safer than going down. Still I wasn't too thrilled about having to grab roots as a hold that was keeping me from plunging to my death.
Next we drove to the main downtown area. We found there was a huge festival going on, which had attracted a ton of people. Parking was impossible. Really, we drove around and couldn't find anything. At one point we passed a Catholic Church, and I said, "Kelly, go try the Church's parking lot. I hung up this Rosary and Mary's going to help us out." And sure enough, there was one spot left. And I might add this was the only spot we saw the entire time. Mary is awesome, always ask her for stuff.
Downtown is essentially a giant tourist trap. Walking around we saw "Wizard's Quest" and both realized this was where Kelly's co-worker wanted us to go. It did look fun, but it was expensive and time consuming so we kept walking around. At one point we went into a Haunted Hose, which was $8 a person. Kelly said, "I'll give you $4 per person" and the guy said okay. So we went in, and found it really was scary. There were no lights or noises. Just complete blackness. We had to feel along the walls. Then we came to the end of the hallway and all the lights and music came on. We had gone in the exit rather than the entrance. But this seemed like fun so we kept making our way through.
After the haunted house we went to the various candy shops and ate a good deal of free samples of fudge and peanut brittle. Then we decided we need to try chocolate covered bacon. Do not try chocolate covered bacon.
At this point we were decided to drive around some more. Doing this we saw a sign for another park and decided to see it. But somehow we wound up on the highway going towards home. So we decided we were tired and it might be best to head that way. But on the way we passed by the exit for an Indian casino, and Kelly decided we needed to check it out. I had never been to a casino before. It was a lot of fun. I lost $20 much to quickly on two hands of Texas Hold 'Em, hey I had a pair of 10s and only 2 others were playing, but then only $5 more the rest of the 6 hours we were there. Those pennies machines are a blast and we got free pop!
Finally we left to go home. At this point we had only eaten McDonald's, candy, and pop. So we were hungry and overly-tired, where everything becomes funnier than it should be. We wound up driving through Freeport, and Kelly decided to show me 'Little Wrigley', but we didn't know the way. After awhile of driving up and down streets we found it and while we were looking at it, Kelly got a phone call. Her friend Carrie wanted to hang out with us both. Being overly-tired this sounded like a terrific idea so we hurried on back.
Carrie was waiting for us outside when we pulled up. She was very nice, and not too shy. She and Kelly decided for me that I needed to ride the bull at a local bar. I too felt this had to be done. First we had to stop at 'Taco Bell', this was Kelly and I's first real meal since McDonald's. I had 1 taco and she had 1 cheese stick thingy (not sure what it's called). She paid again which rocked. Then we walked to the bar with the bull. But the bull cost $3 to ride, and Kelly and I had literally spent every last bit of cash we had at the casino, so there was no bull riding for me. But they both complimented me for being willing to ride it. We walked around to two other bars before finally at 1 in morning deciding to call it a day. Neither of us had a drink while we were out, but by the time we stumbled back into her place, anyone would think we were plastered.
Kelly commented that on the real road trip, we would have to pace ourselves a bit better or we'd be too exhausted to continue by the second day. But hey, that meant our trial was a success and she wanted to go on the real thing. I agreed with her and also felt the day had been successful. So in early October we have our plans set for the real deal. A week long road trip. No I'm not saying where or what. All that should hopefully make for good posts.
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