We arrived in Green Bay Wednesday evening. We stayed Thursday and Friday nights at Apple Creek Campground ten minutes outside the city. They accept Passport America so it cost us $20 a night. Our site, 112, next to a fishing pond, was within site and with access to the playground and the pool. Allena made friends and made good use of both the playground and the pool. We had water and electric and there were dump stations throughout the park. I would stay here again.

Thursday, we went to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. It’s a free educational nature center, a beautiful park, and much like a zoo with outdoor animal enclosures containing animals such as otters, a mountain lion, wolves, deer, etc. They also have indoor animal exhibits containing more animals such as rodents and other small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. The kids and I enjoyed our time there, it’s a very nice place, and I would recommend it, however it wasn’t anything that wowed us or anything super memorable for us frequent zoo visitors.

Our next stop was Lambeau Field, home to the Green Bay Packers NFL team. That place was impressive even for those of us who aren’t Green Bay, or even football, fans. We spent probably an hour just browsing through the massive pro shop before walking around the rest of the stadium. We went to 1919, the restaurant inside the stadium. We had a calorie rich meal of appetizers and desserts to share. It was seriously some of the best food! We ordered the pretzels with cheese, bbq wings, Buffalo wings, mac and cheese, and a chicken cheese dip with chips. So good! For dessert we ordered one of each of their four selections; a brownie skillet with espresso ice cream, a chocolate chip skillet with vanilla ice cream, a honeycomb shortbread covered in blueberries and lemon ice cream, and a sugar cookie ice cream sandwich. It was so much food that we couldn’t even finish it all.

Friday morning, we went to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. We got free admission with our Rochester Science Center membership card. Regular admission is around $10/person. This museum exceeded all of our expectations. Along with their outdoor displays, they have over 20 trains kept in huge warehouse type buildings that you can go inside and explore, train artwork, and even a 25 minute train ride around the property. I would highly recommend going here to anybody passing through the area. Plan for your visit to take a few hours and bring a camera!

That concluded our short stay in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We spent the rest of the day driving through hours and hours of farm land dotted with silos and barns, a pretty drive, yet uneventful, on our way out of Wisconsin and into Minnesota. Come back Monday for my review of Minnesota. Until then, enjoy your weekend!

*pic- outside Lambeau Field