Aside from Shalom Wild Animal Zoo, Owen wanted to take Uncle Andy to see Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan. He said it was so beautiful; he almost died when he went there on a school field trip.
Son-in-love George gave Andy a birthday present that we really needed. I can’t remember what it is called, but it is a little post with a wheel on the bottom that attaches to the tongue of the tow dolly. Now we don’t have to pick it up! We can simply roll it around. I am so happy and it wasn’t even my birthday. George wanted to hook the dolly up and pull it around to make sure the lug nuts on the wheels stayed tight. So we hooked it up to Jennifer’s van and headed to Bookworm Gardens with the tow dolly rattling along behind us.
It was fabulous, a children’s fantasy land where stories come to life. I won’s say too much about it because I took so many photos and each of them is worth a thousand words.
Owen and Cam were enamored with this small sculpture of two children reading a book. We passed it several times and they stopped to admire it each time.
There was a little house, but the boys were more interested in the covered wagon.
I didn’t notice if the gazebo was related to a book or just beautiful.
One of my favorite books as a child. It might be hard to spot Charlotte to the left of center above the beam. Of course, she wanted the spotlight on Wilbur the pig.
Cam was expressing his engineer genes. He was absolutely fascinated by the typewriter in the barn. He had no idea what it was but was intent on figuring out how to work it. I told him it was how people sent texts to people before computers and cell phones. He hit every key and returned the carriage many times before standing up to watch the letter strike. Jennifer had to drag him away.
Then he found the water pump outside the barn and tried to figure out how to get some water. The pump was apparently not functional. A sign said don’t drink the water.
Owen and Jennifer found a patch of tiny mushrooms.
When we got back to the van, George checked the lug nuts to make sure they were tight.
What a delightful park! I didn’t take any pictures of them, but there were also a number of real books for the children to take off shelves and read. There were many more books represented than I show here.
Dinata Misovec 
What a fabulous post about a fabulous place. No wonder the children loved it (as well as you, of course 🙂 ). There’s more that enough there to keep Cam and Owen intrigued for the day. The curiosity of children… Love the photos of Cam with the typewriter. All your photos are wonderful!
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Thank you. Isn’t it such a clever idea? I probably took a dozen pictures of Cam inspecting the typewriter. For a two year old, he was very intent on studying it.
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Sorry about this late reply Dinata, but our Internet deserted us soon after I saw your comment and didn’t give me chance! I still have a few of your posts to read, i think – hopefully, soon now we’re back online.
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not a problem. I am so far behind with blog reading and Facebook and email. I just can’t keep up! So I understand when things are late (or even overlooked) by others. I don’t know how some do it. Maybe they don’t really. Else, they don’t have a real life!
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I find it so hard to balance my writing with blogging etc. and having a life at the same time. It’s usually my writing that suffers – which shouldn’t be the case. Perhaps some people don’t have a real life – just a virtual one online. We like to get out and about. At our age (Almost 70!) it’s time to travel and see places we’ve always wanted to see. My Book 3 is progressing now that I’ve got my flash fiction book on Amazon at last. I’m really concentrating on finishing my trilogy off now. I hope your book is ‘getting there’, too.
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Now that I am (mostly) finished with the book, I try to read some blogs every evening but living that life and exploring come first. I am anxiously awaiting the third book! I’ll be the first to buy it, Millie. I downloaded the flash fiction a few days ago, but have not started reading it yet. My reading stack had built up somewhat over the past few months. Also, I’ve been reading some about microbes, our microbiota, and C-diff that moved to the front of the list, or top of the stack. I don’t know when Big Creek will get out. We are back near the national park, hoping to promote it before winter! This is the most frustrating thing I’ve ever done.
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Lovely!
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Yes, it is and so charming.
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Gorgeous! What a great idea and lovely photos 😊
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It was. And, so charming. I think my daughter Jennifer and I were every bit as charmed by it as the boys, since we had read many of the books and know the stories. The place was crawling with families with small children.
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This place looks like a lot of fun. We have a similar park here in Sacramento called Fairytaletown that I went to as a child. It is still popular with kids today.
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I looked it up! It does look similar. Fun for kids of all ages.
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What an awesome place! Your grandchildren looked like they enjoyed it very much! I think even I would enjoy visiting this place! Thanks for sharing!
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You are welcome. Are you in the park now? We are in an RV park in Newport. Haven’t been to visit the park yet as we are too busy with chores and errands.
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