For Eli, 2 1/2, it was his first visit to the giant Cabela's store in Dundee, Michigan (at least that he would remember), and his eyes opened as wide as a boy's eyes can open when we walked through the doors. Our other four children had all been there before, but they were no less fascinated by the giant aquariums filled with trout, bass, walleyes and other sport fish; the full body mounts of everything from elephants to polar bears to rattlesnakes; the endless-seeming aisles of fishing, hunting and camping gear; the giant lodge atmosphere...
It's hard to comprehend just how big a moose is until you are standing a few feet from one -- and the one in Cabela's stands shin deep (I guess moose have shins) in natural-looking stream that runs through the store and that is filled with big trout.
Swinging through Cabela's to stretch legs and explore during a family trip always adds an hour or two to an already-long day of travel. No one ever minds, though. In fact, we are always glad that we stopped.
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