We arrived in Baraboo, Wisconsin between 5 and 6 pm Wednesday, July 22, after driving 500 miles past Chicago, and set up, had supper and explored the campground. The next morning we drive 15 miles north to the Dells, named after a French word for the the layered rock formations exposed by an ice age flood along what is now known as the Wisconsin River.
We took a boat tour of the upper Dells, getting the low down from Claire, our University of Wisconsin tour guide and snapping pictures of the beautiful scenery. Though far more tame now that the dams have raised the water level 20 feet or so, the river is still beautiful - and the Dells have beckoned sightseers since the mid-1800's. We got to go ashore at a couple of stops - our favorite was the witch's gorge (which reminded us of the narrow walkways through the gorge near Seneca Lake) - and saw a pair of eagles nesting.
After the boat tour, we had lunch at Subway and drove home in a downpour. When we got to the trailer, we all napped while it rained off and on throughout the lazy afternoon. In the evening after supper, we rode into Baraboo and saw the winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers circus troupe before having an ice cream sundae at a local hangout.
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