Day 8 - 6/28
Today we spent the morning enjoying the water park one last time. After that we packed up everything, checked out and drove to Governor Dodge State Park in Wisconsin. A little later we arrived at the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota which is also the company headquarters for Hormel Foods. The museum displayed the history of Hormel and Spam since its debut in 1937. There were game shows and even a station where one could "package" Spam. After watching a short film about Spam, a lady came in with free bacon-flavored Spam "spamples". The exhibit ended with its gift shop. It sold everything from baby Onesies to Spam costumes to iPhone cases featuring the iconic Spam logo. This quirky museum was extremely fun to visit and is good for all ages. During the drive we passed through Iowa and saw lots of corn felids, farm equipment and barns. Even though the scenery was very repetitive, the Iowa landscape was pretty and enjoyable to look at.
When we arrived at the State Park, we learned that ticks lived everywhere. This knowledge caused most of us to be hesitant to get out of the van. It didn't help that Dad told us they burrow under your skin and lay eggs, which is false. Rachel was so frightened that she had her pants, coat, and hat on most of the night. We thought the ticks would be the worst aspect of the camp. We were so wrong. Little did we know that raccoons had infested the entire park and were a great nuisance to all the campers. When we were eating our dinner, the little rascals kept approaching us and scaring the little girls. When two hikers came and asked us for directions, we looked back at our table and saw three raccoons fighting and ripping our garbage bag open and scattering its contents. After packing up everything and putting it in the van, we settled down for the night. There were two bathrooms. One of them was nice-ish and was far away. The other bathroom had a plethora of flies buzzing around and giant spiders crawling all over the walls and floor. To offset all of the bad occurrences, we watched My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn for an hour or so.
Today we spent the morning enjoying the water park one last time. After that we packed up everything, checked out and drove to Governor Dodge State Park in Wisconsin. A little later we arrived at the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota which is also the company headquarters for Hormel Foods. The museum displayed the history of Hormel and Spam since its debut in 1937. There were game shows and even a station where one could "package" Spam. After watching a short film about Spam, a lady came in with free bacon-flavored Spam "spamples". The exhibit ended with its gift shop. It sold everything from baby Onesies to Spam costumes to iPhone cases featuring the iconic Spam logo. This quirky museum was extremely fun to visit and is good for all ages. During the drive we passed through Iowa and saw lots of corn felids, farm equipment and barns. Even though the scenery was very repetitive, the Iowa landscape was pretty and enjoyable to look at. 
When we arrived at the State Park, we learned that ticks lived everywhere. This knowledge caused most of us to be hesitant to get out of the van. It didn't help that Dad told us they burrow under your skin and lay eggs, which is false. Rachel was so frightened that she had her pants, coat, and hat on most of the night. We thought the ticks would be the worst aspect of the camp. We were so wrong. Little did we know that raccoons had infested the entire park and were a great nuisance to all the campers. When we were eating our dinner, the little rascals kept approaching us and scaring the little girls. When two hikers came and asked us for directions, we looked back at our table and saw three raccoons fighting and ripping our garbage bag open and scattering its contents. After packing up everything and putting it in the van, we settled down for the night. There were two bathrooms. One of them was nice-ish and was far away. The other bathroom had a plethora of flies buzzing around and giant spiders crawling all over the walls and floor. To offset all of the bad occurrences, we watched My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn for an hour or so. 
The Spam museum?? Sounds interesting...... It's fun to see all the cool places that you've been to so far!!!!
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