Game
On! Sports-Friendly
Green Bay Has
Lots to Do
I Don’t
knock ‘nice’ until
you try
it. STORY AND PHOTOS
BY JESSICA GREGG
t’s football, of course,
that lures people to the
northern Wisconsin
city of Green Bay, where
the community owns
its NFL team, the Packers.

The team celebrates its 100th
anniversary this month, and
folks get so excited about
the sport they volunteer to
shovel out the stadium on
snowy game days.

For sure, this is a football
town. But summer visitors
shouldn’t leave Green Bay
without seeing Flash, the
bat dog. Flash has to be the
cutest thing baseball has
going on right now. Part of
the brand new Green Bay
Booyah, a summer team
of collegiate players, Flash
retrieves the bats of every
Booyah player who makes
it on base. It’s the ultimate
game of fetch for this
pooch, and he wags his tail
the whole time.

This working pup is
just one example of the
kid-friendly fun that can
be found in Green Bay.

For cross-country road
trippers, 50-state-bucket-
list visitors and others who
fi nd themselves in the Upper
Midwest, there is plenty here
to keep kids busy and happy.

Here are a few suggestions.