The "Scheich" Family: Devils Lake Campground & D5 #15

This month we made our D5 day into a D5 camping trip! We left for camping at Devils Lake Campground in Baraboo, WI on the 18th and stayed until this morning. Our campsite was #100; we didn't really enjoy our site. It was close to the bathrooms but it had no shade and was right next to the dumpsters. That did not stop us from having a great time though in the extremely hot weather. On the first day of arriving we just set-up camp, played some games and ate our gooey ice cream cone treat that we cooked over the fire.

On day two we headed start for the coffee shop in Baraboo called Coffee Bean Connections; let's just say that the boys were up when the sun came up and Daddy and Mommy needed a little extra help! Right across the street from the coffee shop was a little park (Nanny Park) so while the parents worked on their jumpstart the boys worked on burning off all their energy. We then headed down to check out the lake and then is when we learned the lake was not safe to swim due to some bacteria. It was still nice to go down by the lake though because there were trees! Our campsite had no shade at all and with the sun beating down on us it sure was nice to get a little break from the extreme heat. We also discovered that Baraboo has a splash pad that you can go to for free! We ended up going there every day to cool down. In the loop that we were camping at they did have a little play set so that was nice to take the boys to and entertain for a while; even Carter joined in on going down the slide!

The third day we were there MieMie came up for the day to join in on the camping fun. We decided to take a little hike just to the spot where Tom proposed to me. We kept hiking and then realized we missed the spot but we did hike all the way to the top! We couldn't believe how well the boys did for the little legs they have and the heat. After enjoying the view we turned around and heading back down to then find the spot. MieMie hid in the trees just like she did on that special day and took a family picture of us. On the way back we got our first camping injury. To cool down from the hike we headed back to the splash pad where Papa meet up with us as well!

On the fourth day we walked along the lake with the boys while Tom and I enjoyed our coffee. It was a really nice walk Sawyer even did some rock climbing all by himself. We then packed up the boys and took them to Parfrey's Glen. Tom and I have never been here before and learned from some other locals that since the 2008 flood it was not the same. We highly enjoyed it there and still thought it was absolutely beautiful! There used to be a walkway all the way to the end where the waterfall was but the flood took it out. We then had to climb over huge boulders and literally hike back in there. Tom and I were so impressed with the boys; I think they really enjoyed the extra adventure.