Old World WI

On Saturday we took our last Wisconsin field trip with Dad for the summer. This time we headed south to the world's largest museum dedicated to the history of rural life. Old World Wisconsin is a site of more than 500 acres of land dotted with 60 historic structures from the 19th century. To create the museum, researchers traveled the state to find, rescue and relocate farm and village buildings. Not only can you tour the working farms and village center, but you can talk with people on each site dressed in era costume who are performing the daily chores and rituals from that time period -- milking cows, tending the garden, making bread, washing clothes. Old World is a special place.

Our kids love to go there. In fact one mention of the name "Old World," and MJ and Anna run upstairs do don their own prairie costumes so that can have the full pioneer experience!

It was Dad's first time at OWW, and his comment "This is an awesome place" pretty much sums up his feelings for the day. To get around Old World, you can walk and/or take a tram that travels gravel roads from farmstead to farmstead. Although we did ride the tram, we did quite a bit of walking. Only at the very end of the day did Bill make a small groan that his legs might be a bit sore. Otherwise, he held up well and enjoyed seeing the sights, taking pictures and having lunch under big oak trees.

Here are some shots from the day:

Three more days until Dad heads back to Ohio after three months in Madison. Stay tuned for more on visiting Bill on Becker Road...