OSRUI - Open House - Trip to Madison

This weekend we went to visit the camp Isaac is going to this summer, OSRUI.  It is in Wisconsin between Madison and Milwaukee so about a 5 hours drive.  We headed out on Saturday and spent the night in Madison.  

While in Madison we had dinner at Ella's Deli, which came highly recommended and did not disappoint.   I am not sure who was more impressed by the displays in the restaurant, the kids or the parents.  We had dinner, checked out all of the displays, rode the carousel, and had some ice cream.

The next morning, we picked up Cosmo at Central Bark, and continued our journey to OSRUI.  We took our own guided tour around the town, which is really nice.  The houses on the lake are incredible!  We even had a nice brunch at a Supper Club with a nice view of the lake!  Then we headed to camp and took our tour with the camp director.

Towards the end of the tour we saw the climbing tower and the pool - which is heated by solar power and has water slides!  After that Isaac said "this is like vacation without parents!"  We were very impressed by the camp, the grounds and the facilities/.  Everything was nicer than we could have expected.  It looks like Isaac will have a great time!!

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Pine Wood Derby - District Level

Since Isaac came in 2nd place in his pack he advanced to the District level.  This was extremely competitive.  He raced against 24 other boys at his level.  He had 4 heats against and came in 1st two times, 2nd and 3rd.  He came in 8th place overall which was not too shabby!  

Watch his last race of 2015.

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Spring Break - Lake Superior & the Minnesota Zoo

So we had some free time over Spring Break and headed to the Zoo, we took Daniel and Leah.  It was a nice warm day so the animals were really active.  Especially the Brown Bears.  

We also saw some funny looking hens!

Later in the week we headed up to Duluth for a short get away.  It was great, as always we packed a lot in but also made some time to just relax at the hotel which was right on the shore of Lake Superior!

We spent some time at The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth on our way....

Relaxing at the hotel.....even Cosmo enjoyed some down time!

We hiked around Split Rock Lighthouse

At night we made sure to light a fire and make S'mores of course!

More hiking on the beach!

At the hotel there is a tradition to paint the rocks that make up the beach and leave them behind in a pile.....so we partook.  We also made one to bring home as a souvenir.

A video of the kids and Cosmo playing on the cold and rocky beach....

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