Madison, WI '09

We hit the road early for Wisconsin this morning. We had so much to do and not a lot of time to get it done. Our first stop was at the Ho Chunic Casino where we had an AMAZING lunch. We even tried our luck at a little gambling, one of the group members even left with a $29 winning! Since we had been traveling all day we decided a pizza party sounded like the perfect way to end the evening. On our second day we went to the Capital Brewery to see how beer was made. That was really cool! Later that afternoon we headed down to State Street for a little shopping. Everyone made out with some really neat things so we headed off to Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant! The next morning the weather was a little questionable so we changed plans and headed to the state capital for a nice tour. We had high hopes for hitting up the winery but unfortunately it was raining so we headed to House on the Rock instead. That was a pretty neat place to check out since there are so many memorable things there. One thing we all were impressed by was the carousel with 20,000 horse heads on it! On our final day out in Madison we headed to the zoo for some much needed animal interaction! We saw rhinos, camels, flamingos, as well as lions, tigers, and BEARS! Before calling it a day we finally got to check out the winery! This was an awesome experience for everyone and we even got to sample a few of the wines. Since it had been such a long day we headed back to the hotel and enjoyed a super fun pool party! The ride back to Mankato was a little sad since we all wanted to stay on vacation but we were thankful for all the fun we had while we were on vacation!