Port Washington to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ben set his alarm for 6 am knowing we had to get on the lake, travel 21 miles, dock, and beat the thunderstorm expected to arrive around 10 am. My anxiety of being on the lake during the storm had me up and ready to leave early, with minimal complaints about the early start. The lake was mostly smooth, although yesterday was smoother, and we arrived just after 9 am. Perfect timing, but I was sleepy. It was windy as we pulled in to dock at Lakeshore State Park Marina and after we tied up with the help of a runner passing by on the dock, it started to rain. 

We went to Discovery World in our harbor area and that was a LOT of fun for the kids. It was broken up into Tech and Aqua sides and we did it all. They had a cool model of the Great Lakes, with weather demonstrations, flora, and fauna of each of the lake areas. 

The aquarium part wasn't super impressive, but I think we are spoiled by the Denver Aquarium! 

Moose and Roo stood in line for and got to do a VR demo. They were thrilled. Bear and I watched them and laughed at their exaggerated movements, uncoordinated bodies, and lack of balance. 

All 3 kids got to design and watch a laser cut a piece of craft foam into a shape of their choice with their name cut into it. I was impressed with how quickly it was done. After it was cut, they had instructions on how to create the item. I saved them before they popped out the pieces so we can fully-construct it at home with all of the parts.

We talked about going to the Harley Davidson Museum, but decided that the price for all 5 of us wouldn't be worth it, compared to the level of interest by the 3 youngest family members. Ben and I would have loved to go, but we knew it would not be worth the battle. He and I will go next time we are in the area! 

Instead, we walked to the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. That was a sight to see! Over 3,000 bobbleheads all arranged on shelves and organized into different sports, pop culture, cartoons, entertainment, politics, musicians, etc. Visitors are not allowed to touch the bobbleheads, but can play 1 of 3 scavenger hunts. One was based on descriptions/text describing the person or what they did. Another was an ABC search, looking for bobbleheads that start with each letter of the alphabet. The final search was picture-based, so you had to go find that specific bobblehead. AND whether you do a scavenger hunt or not, Waldo is hidden somewhere in the museum as well. Bear found him first- almost right away, then her reaction clued me in and I found him. Moose kept begging for clues and we wouldnt give him any, but he wound up finding him 3rd, and then finally Roo found him. (Not pictured here, to preserve the fun for all.)

After we were back at the boat, we heard something loud and went outside to see fighter jets flying over our boat harbor. There were 11 all in formation! What a special and very unexpected treat!