Monday, July 30, 2012

Wisconsin Vacation Days 4 and 5: The Rockford Files


Wednesday:

Headache. 

We were out of commission most of the day.  Managed to make it to the zoo again and Target, but other than that, nothing too exciting to report.

Thursday:

Did you know that Madison, WI doesn’t have a Bank of America?  True story.

Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, but we had a couple of work/student loan checks to deposit that arrived the night before D and I left for WI.  I thought, ‘No problem, I’ll just deposit them once we get to Madison.  Every state has a B of A, right?’  WRONG.  Long story short, D and I drove to Rockford, IL on Thursday morning (closest bank was 56 miles away).

D traveled like a champ!  We had a nice drive down to Rockford, found the bank without any problems, completed our transaction and then left.  The thought of getting right back on the road seemed almost cruel, so I decided to make the morning of our time in Rockford.

We found a great, kid-friendly place called Monkey Joe’s that was filled with giant, inflatable play equipment (something like eight ‘bouncy houses’ in total). 



Refueling, like a winner 
D was a little reluctant at first, but once a few more kids joined, he was a bouncing machine.  It was so fun!  And inexpensive!  And after an hour I was exhausted!  Conveniently enough, it was lunch time, so I coerced D out (“bye, monkey…”) and grabbed some noms with him before we hit the road again.

And now he is asleep, with his three lovies and his train.  Tuckered out from a long morning of bouncing and car singing. 



I think tomorrow we’ll look for a place to swim.  This little fish needs a pond.  

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