Yesterday, we visited Cave of the Mounds in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Before our tour of the actual cave, we walked the Karst View Trail. It took us past a number of sinkholes in the ground. (A karst is another word for sinkhole. More or less. I think.)
Afterwards, we took a self-guided tour of Cave of the Mounds. This is the first time we’ve been in a cave where we did not have a guide. It was nice because we were able to linger over things that interested us and take pictures without feeling rushed.
Unfortunately, cave pictures never come out well. The contrast between light and dark is too extreme.
Therefore, I will not bore you with a bunch of crappy cave pictures. Just trust me when I say that this was a fun and different cave experience.
Lake Farm Heritage Trail
The weather was actually gorgeous today, so we decided to take a hike.
Wisconsin has been experiencing a lot of flooding in the last week. Consequently, the trail was flooded in a number of places, and we had to turn around and try different routes.
Despite the challenges, we got to see some pretty scenery.
And wildlife!
National Mustard Museum
Next, we headed to the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Middleton is one of the cutest towns I’ve ever seen. I loved it.
We tried a slew of different-flavored mustards, toured the museum, and watched a film about the making of mustard around the world.
The Pink Elephant
Apparently, no visit to Madison would be complete without a visit to see the Pink Elephant. So we did that, too!
The pink elephant has been standing on the site of this gas station since the 1960s. It is not the only pink elephant in the country, but it is the only one wearing glasses.
Drumlin Ridge Winery
We finished the day at Drumlin Ridge Winery, where we tasted some wines and enjoyed some snacks.
It was lovely!
In between all of those activities, we managed to make time to see the new Superman movie (it was good but not great), did laundry, went grocery shopping, and did some maintenance on the travel trailer.
This trip has been different from previous trips with the travel trailer because of the amount of maintenance we’ve had to do while traveling.
Greg ended up ordering a new weight distributing hitch for the trailer. It will be delivered to our campground in Sioux Falls and installed before we leave. Not ideal, but hopefully, the new hitch will fix the sway problem.
We’re also having a problem with water backing up into the fresh water tank, so Greg spent some time trying to solve that problem, too.
On to Minnesota!
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