Hangin' at the hotel...

On the road again...

Our next leg of the trip after Dad's was on to Madison, Wisconsin.  Eric was out there for his dad's surgery so we went to visit and see the town.  It really IS a cool town.  I am surprised that with all of the high school friends I had that went to the University of Wisconsin, I had never been there.  Our first stop was the zoo.  They have a free zoo there so we thought, why not?

Dad is measuring up against the primates arm length... even the smallest chimp has longer arms than he does.

This was fun watching the giraffes reaching for the branches with their creepy long tongues!

I think camels are the mangiest looking animals, not really sure why I am putting this photo in...

Lauren, the scary baby polar bear.

Elise the happy baby polar bear

This grizzly bear was so fun to watch.  He was hangin' out in the pool then just toodled around.  i love bears, they are so cool.

Check out the claws on this guy!

This was a play area for the kids and it was insane in there, Elise wouldn't even go in.  Of course Lauren did for a few minutes.

Fishing with Grandpa Divine

On our last day in Minnesota we went over to Lake Hadley (Dad's old lake) and did a little fishing.  Lauren caught a ton of sunfish, Elise only caught one fish, Dad caught 2 bass and I caught absolutely nothing.

Grandpa had the big catch of the day!

Playtime

After the horses and miniature golfing we headed to a park for a picnic lunch and let the girls run around for a bit.

Horses!

After our 13 holes of golf we spent some time walking around the farm looking at sculptures, feeding horses and chasing goats....

This was an awesome fire pit that you can rent for $20 and you get 3 hours of firewood... how fun would that be?

This is a sweet wooden boat, Dad loved this thing.

This was my favorite sculpture by far, it moved with the wind, the circles go around and it turns... really cool.

A little put-put with the Grandparents

The girls and I spent a few days in Minnesota visiting Grandma and Grandpa Divine while Daddy was in Madison for his dad's surgery.  Grandma found a sculpture garden miniatue golf course and there was a hobby farm there as well... goats, horses and even a few chickens running around.  The place could use a little sprucing up but we had fun and the sculptures were really cool.  Somebody has put a lot of time and money into these sculptures, now if they just used a little round-up, it would be beautiful!

Inside the boat.. hole number 7.

The baby goats were so cute and would just roam around the golf course.

This was a metal "plinko" the golf balls would come down.

I loved this table, the umbrella was so cool.