It’s Good Friday afternoon. JoAnna took the day off, and I worked a short
day, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. I
would have gone in earlier, but the crown work JoAnna was having done at the
dentist took longer than expected.
“They had to make two impressions,”
she explained.
In less than an hour, we should be on
the road to Wisconsin Dells. We have a
reservation at the Polynesian, a hotel with a indoor water park. These types of establishments, and there must
be at least a dozen of them now, have helped to revive the Dells’ economy,
which is primarily built on tourism. It
makes the area less dependent on the summer months.
We’re staying just one night, at
least that was the original plan. We
don’t have any plans for Easter Sunday, outside of giving the house some
attention and continuing with the early season yard work. Last Saturday I swept off the patio, cleaned
all the patio furniture, brought out the picnic table umbrella, and set up the
swing. Then I turned over the soil in
the area by the patio where we always plant annuals and spread the extra soil
over the area where we dug up two cedars last fall. I need to begin some serious lawn
doctoring. The front, at least the
portion near our bedroom window, is suffering from some blight, which I think I
correctly identified last year, but now the name escapes me. The back, the “center strip” area
specifically, never fully recovered from the summers of waffle ball and kickball,
four years ago now, I would guess, and is usually under a wide canopy of shade
provided by the silver maples. Maybe we
need professional help.
Later
in the day
We checked into our room at 4:15 and
immediately changed into our swim wear.
The hotel has two indoor pool areas, one of them just a few steps from
our room. We managed to find a patio table and four chairs in spite of the
crowd. The hotel has 250 rooms, and I
wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already hung out the “no vacancy” sign. In fact, my guess is that no rooms are
available this or most weekend without a reservation. The Chicago Sun -Times recently ran a feature story on the Dells in its travel
section and named the Polynesian as the best place for families with children
under 12. It certainly is a
kid-friendly place. None of the pools is
designed for adults, which is the reason I remain in my chair and provide you
with a report of our overnight getaway.
Outside, it’s almost warm enough to
swim – in a well-heated pool anyway. The
temperature hit 60°, according to the digital display on the van’s
dashboard. The sky is clear so an
uninterrupted sun is warming the air.
The hotel has an extensive outdoor waterplay area, but that probably
doesn’t begin operating until Memorial Day.
I can imagine the crowd here then!
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