We went to a biggish newish Cabella's today, where Mike and the kids have been previously but I have not. To my surprise it had elements that strongly resembled both the Field Museum (dead stuffed things, although at Cabella's they were often in the throes of attacking each other) and the aquarium (lots of fish in tanks.)
We wandered through the tents, found a great stuffed fish for the upcoming third birthday of a certain beloved girlcousin, declined to dine on the various odd wild game burgers in the cafe, and avoided the pretend shooting gallery (wait, firing range? whatever) for which the kids were given tokens on entry. Grace talked a lot about fishing and how she caught five rainbow trout once (true story!) and Peter was mostly in awe of all of the cool camping equipment. We tried to determine which animals in the life-sized dioramas were actual dead animals and which were pretend dead animals. (Lion? actual. Elephant? pretend. Or at least that's what we're hoping.) For a very cold day, it was a fun free outing, and has made us eager for spring.
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