Welcome to Wisconsin

04/15/08 09:40 AM | Up Chucks

We got up Monday morning. We went to the Budget rental car store. We took Charlie to Tender Loving Pets Doggie Daycare center, where he gets to hang with Peyton Manning's Black Lab. We came back home, I wrote checks to the IRS and State. We finished packing and we headed out to parts (un)known. I had programmed the Garmin Nuvi© 660 for three points. The mid point in Illinois where we would turn a an head north from I-74. Dodgeville Wisconsin (where our lodgings are), and the main attraction! The House on the Rock.
We didn't' leave Indy until just after noon. The drive out of town through site after cite of construction was the worst part of the trip.
The drive itself provided not one unwelcome surprise. The weather was wonderful and the sky was filled with fluffy dumpling clouds in a lovely azure broth as far as the eye could see in all directions. When we left Illinois for the Dairy State I had to pull over and get a picture. Of course there is a dairy farm in the photo what else.

I gave Jenni more hints as we drove and finally told her where we were going as we turned into the House on the Rock (HOTR) Inn, which is where we are stayed last night and where we will sleep and relax tonight.
After de-trunking the baggage (not Jenni, she was my copilot), we ran over to the local Wal*Mart to get sundries and bathing suits (I forgot to pack mine, and Jenni has lost enough weight to not have a suitable suit) then ti Culver's for dinner.

After that it was time to find the HOTR itself. Of course it was closed but I wanted to see where it was none the less. 7.6 miles from my temporary bed is the gate proper. We stopped and took pictures of the Dragons guarding the entrance until sunrise. Now it is 9:00 AM and the attraction is open. It is time to head those 7.6 miles and step into a world not our own.