Our Recent Adventures - Day 3, Part 1

Day 3 was the BIG day!

We had 2 big locations to explore and now, looking back, we seriously needed more time at these places.

After a yummy breakfast, we sprayed the kiddos down with SPF 50 and headed to This is the Place Heritage Park. 

(The last time I had been there was YEARS and YEARS ago when it was just a couple of cabins and the monument. It is NOT the same! We had done some research and found out that they had a "train" and pony rides. That was our plan - ride the train and the ponies and leave. Good plan, right? We were going to have to find someplace yummy to eat lunch because neither Grandma or I could stomach eating at our next stop, Hogle Zoo.)

We got there behind 2 school buses (not good) and started to plan how we would do this quickly. We wandered until we found the pony rides. 

The Girl

The Boy

All The Girl wanted to do!

The Girl screamed/whined the whole time and wanted off, but suffered through. She just wanted to pet the pony. She was also disappointed that the pony was NOT pink. The Boy had a blast!

Next, we hopped the train for a ride around the park.

Cropped to not show Grandma's cool visor.

We REALLY enjoyed this part! In fact, we did it twice!

What we really did was ride it around to see the sights - then we rode back up to the "Hotel" for lunch. Now, it was about 11, which is a bit early for all of us! The kiddos really enjoyed the hot dogs and the pulled pork sandwiches were yummy, too!

waiting!

After lunch, we visited one of the homes that had hands-on displays. The Boy worked! He plowed (?),  milked, and saw some other kids beating rugs and laundry.  Wish he was that motivated to work at home.

Working?!

The Boy had a fabulous time! The Girl's feelings were a bit mixed. Grandma and I wish we had planned more time for this!
Then off to Hogle Zoo!