a romantic date in Wisconsin

Since the kids refused to leave the hotel's water parks on the second evening there - even to eat! - Dan and I decided to go out for an hour or two and find a romantic place to eat dinner. We went through a brochure of Wisconsin Dells restaurants, complete with coupons, and decided to try a place that sounded nice, a supper club on a lake in the middle of a nearby state park. http://www.ishnala.com/

It was only short drive from the hotel, right off of the side road our hotel was on.  And the drive, once we got into the state park, was lovely, going through meadows and forest.

The Ishnala Supper Club was a gorgeous place, a dream log cabin on a beautiful lake, with layers of decks and stairs going down to the water. The dining room had a wall of windows over looking the lake, and there were tree trunks coming up through the floor and going out through the ceiling. And the food (I had pasta; Dan had half of a roasted duck) was very good.

We ate a very leisurely dinner, enjoying the sun coming down and reflecting in the water, and watching fishermen on the lake.

When we were done we took the stairs down to the water and walked along the shore a bit, holding hands and just soaking in sheer beauty of the setting. There were thousands (if not tens of thousands) of tadpoles wriggling around in the water, which added to the charm.