Terry Andre

Last Saturday Rissie and I took the boys up to Terry Andre State Park.  It is about an hour's drive northeast of West Bend and has been a favorite place to visit since I was a little girl.  The sunny day we were enjoying back in land-locked West Bend became a misty one as we got closer to the lake, and the lake itself was complete veiled in fog.  It was like playing on the edge of the earth.   We took a walk along the "corn-whap" as Peter pronounced it and did all kinds of exploring.

Both boys were thrilled to find themselves back on a beach.  They knew exactly what to do.

We stopped along our walk to have a ramble up the sand dunes and the boys burned off a lot of energy climbing up and rolling down the other side.

This picture was taken from the top of a pretty steep sand dune.  The boys had a great time running/tumbling/rolling all the way to the bottom.

On the way up we stopped for lunch in Sheboygan at the sort of cute little Italian eatery that you'd least expect to find in place called Sheboygan.  They had delicious wood-fire pizzas which were a hit with all of us.

There was an Italian grocery attached to the restaurant and after lunch Peter picked out his dessert--dried dates (in the picture above he is showing me the pit that he found in the center of his date).  Just behind him you can see a window in the floor that allowed us to look down into the cheese cellar.  The boys were delighted.

Before heading for the beach we drove a little farther to Kohler.  Kohler is a quaint little industrial town that is home to a manufacturer of the same name who has been turning out sinks, toilets, bathtubs and all their accoutrements for over a century.  We visited their Design Center which is part showroom, part museum, part art gallery where the boys got to do all sorts of hands-on things, like run 12 shower heads at once.

Both Eliot and Peter were very impressed.

 

The day was a huge success, as indicated by the energy level on the ride home.  During our time at the beach both boys kept asking if we could come back this summer.  You bet boys!  You bet!