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Postby joe » Thu May 24, 2018 7:54 pm

inmate wrote:my grandma used to take all of my dad's side of the family to galena pretty much every year when i was between the ages of like 3-10. the houses were usually pretty big and cool and i loved visiting Grant's house. i have a distinct memory of being there when i heard michael jackson and ed mcmahon died


went to Galena a couple of times as a kid but my memories are very vague. For whatever reason, all I remember is a swimming pool/water park type of place
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Postby brent » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:01 am

should i go to the dells for a weekend this summer? trying to figure out a quick trip somewhere in the midwest that will be cheap and brief and i'm seriously considering it

also considering visiting the minneapolis area but don't know much about nearby outdoor stuff
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Postby Pnin » Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:20 am

I went to the Dells once as a kid. We ate at a cowboy-themed restaurant called Black Bart's that was supposed to have "wild, gunslinging theatrics" or whatever. It turned out to be just a guy in a black cowboy hat and black clothes walking around, playing the part of the outlaw by insulting children in front of their parents.
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Postby viachicago » Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:47 am

brent wrote:should i go to the dells for a weekend this summer? trying to figure out a quick trip somewhere in the midwest that will be cheap and brief and i'm seriously considering it

also considering visiting the minneapolis area but don't know much about nearby outdoor stuff


Do you have 7 year olds? If not, no.

Go to the UP or Sleeping Bear Dunes or something
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Postby xxx-xxx-xxxx » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:03 pm

viachicago wrote:
brent wrote:should i go to the dells for a weekend this summer? trying to figure out a quick trip somewhere in the midwest that will be cheap and brief and i'm seriously considering it

also considering visiting the minneapolis area but don't know much about nearby outdoor stuff


Do you have 7 year olds? If not, no.

Go to the UP or Sleeping Bear Dunes or something


This is the correct answer.
If you have a bunch of friends who like to drink and ride water slides, it works. But this is mainly a kid place.
Dells ain't cheap either.
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Postby the scofflaw » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:37 pm

tgk wrote:i'm fine with that because it keeps those kinds of people from visiting the park (which is free btw)


the only thing that really sucks is the insane traffic that can build up around weekends
remember when gatlinburg was ravaged by that wildfire a year or two ago

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Postby brent » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:04 pm

xxx-xxx-xxxx wrote:
viachicago wrote:
brent wrote:should i go to the dells for a weekend this summer? trying to figure out a quick trip somewhere in the midwest that will be cheap and brief and i'm seriously considering it

also considering visiting the minneapolis area but don't know much about nearby outdoor stuff


Do you have 7 year olds? If not, no.

Go to the UP or Sleeping Bear Dunes or something


This is the correct answer.
If you have a bunch of friends who like to drink and ride water slides, it works. But this is mainly a kid place.
Dells ain't cheap either.


ok the dells are out.

i'll be honest i'm prob just going to hang out in CO again
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Postby fresco painter » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:36 pm

god bless
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Postby goldmatt » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:41 pm

Not really surprising.

They're probably next to the "Fuck Off We're Full" shirts.
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Postby REAL BASED SLOB » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:24 pm

Went to new glarus and stopped in mt horab, soon to be in the dells!
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Postby REAL BASED SLOB » Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:48 pm

Gonna eat a lot of wings and watch football in the dells!!!
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Postby Autarch » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:36 am

had 2 dreams last night. one of them took place in wisconsin dells. it's remarkable to me how much of that place i remember.
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Postby sadville » Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:20 am

i drove thru wisconsin dells this past summer when i was traveling

saw america's version of the coliseum

i think helen, ga is another one of these places, just much smaller
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