January 1, 2009
Well we woke up this morning and were not in a big hurry to leave since we could not get into our hotel until 4:00 p.m. but we still wanted to get there early enough to look around town and do something a little fun before settling into out hotel. We left the house about 9:30 a.m and it was a cold morning about 12 degrees but at least it was not snowing. The trip should be about 2 hours long and 120 miles one way. See map at link.
About 30 miles out of town we stopped for gas, a breakfast sandwich and coffee. We had a nice ride to the Dells arriving about 11:30 in the morning. We drove around town and checked out a few things before calling my friends to see if we can meet up with them later in the day. I wanted to check out Ishnala a place to possibility go for dinner I seen in a vacation guide.
http://www.ishnala.com/contact.htm We found it but the gate to the road was closed meaning it is probably a seasonal restaurant. We stopped at the Tanger Outlet Mall http://www.tangeroutlet.com/wisconsindellsWe walked around and checked out a few of the stores and of course bought a few items to. The mall is an open air mall that has a roof over it and keeps most of the elements off of you but being winter it was still cold walking from store to store. after spending some time there we made one more stop at ah cheese shop next to the mall and then to the local Walmart to pick up a few snacks and drinks for our hotel room. After checking into our room we just relaxed a bit. It was getting to be dinner time and I tried to call my friends one more time to see if they wanted to join us. They had just ordered a pizza for there room so we just went on our own. We decided to go to the local sea food buffet called Crabby's but when we arrived the restaurant was closed. I do not know if it was because it was New Years Day or if it is also a seasonal place. We decided to go to the Colossal buffet that we seen open earlier in the day. We arrived and yep it was closed also. I guess at this time of year they are only open for breakfast and lunch. Not wanting to drive around to much more because it was getting colder out and the roads were starting to ice up. Our choices were either a pizza place or an Italian place called Sarentos. http://www.sarentosrestaurant.com/index2.html
The restaurant was a nice surprise find. The parking lot looked like it was busy but we were seated right away. Shortly after we ordered and then just enjoyed the atmosphere and talked until our dinner arrived. The food along with the service was very good. I would go back again. After dinner we just went back to the hotel and relaxed for a wile until we decided to go to the pool. I was excited to sit in the hot tub after being out in the winter air. There was only a few other people in the pool when we arrived. I went right for the hot tub but was not able to stay in very long because the water was very hot. Every one who came after only stayed in a few minutes and then got out also. The pool and sauna was nice though. We stayed for about an hour and then went back to our room for dry cloths and then watched some TV until falling asleep.
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