Wisconsin, you are miserable and bizarre and wonderful

Despite the beginning of baseball season, the coming and going of spring break, and the optimism around town,

spring has not sprung in Wisconsin (at least not in the warm, springy, outdoor-park-going way that I want it to!). Thankfully, the peculiar city Wisconsin Dells is only a short drive away. The main strip, peppered with cement mega-statues (a flamingo, a carousel, a frog, a red high heel, and dozens more!), provides an entertaining excursion by itself.

 

And what could be more fun than staying overnight in a Coliseum-esque hotel?

You can even sleep under a wall mural of Neptune,

plus spend the next day in the indoor theme park 

and waterpark!

It turns out that running around in a pirate ship was just the getaway to forget the sub-spring temperatures. 

Good times.