riding a duck!

http://www.wisconsinducktours.com/

One of the highlights of any stop at the Wisconsin Dells is riding a duck!

The ducks are old military vehicles from WW2; on the land they are a truck while on the water they are a boat!

We were lucky in that the Ducks send a vehicle right to the front door of our hotel every morning to pick up passengers; you can buy discounted tickets right there in the hotel at the concierge's desk. So on our second morning in the Dells, we bought tickets and caught the shuttle duck, which took us to the duck terminal.

The duck tour takes you on trails through the woods and down into the Lower Dells, the lower part of the sandstone canyon of the Wisconsin River. It then plunges into the river, and travels downstream so you can see some rock formations. It goes up shallow Denton creek, comes onto land, then goes to Lake Delton where is once again enters the water. It crosses a bit of the lake, then comes onto land for more trail riding, including traveling up a slot canyon only a few inches wider than the vehicle itself.

The duck rides are a blast! And another very fun thing to to on a hot summer morning, as a bit of water splashes in.

After our tour was done, the shuttle duck took us back to the front door of the hotel. We spent the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon playing in the hotel's water parks.