Love,
Ben and Cameron
Showing posts with label spring break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring break. Show all posts
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Up North: Part 2 - The Hotel Pool
We spent the night up in Walker, MN, at a really great place called Chase on the Lake. We had a big room - in fact Cameron and Ben had their own room and Ainsley shacked up with Mom and Dad. The best part of the hotel? The pool!
Love,
Ben and Cameron
Love,
Ben and Cameron
Up North: Part 1 - Itasca State Park
We visited Itasca State Park today. We must have been the only ones in the park at times!
When you come into the park, the first thing most people stop by is "Preacher's Grove." It was named that after a bunch of pastors camped here in the late 1800s. It's also pretty special, as it is a virgin grove of pines that dates back to 1870.
Next, we went up the road to the beach and the picnic area. There was a little playground, and we had a fun picnic lunch. Dad took some silly pictures of Ainsley, got some shots of the lake, and then we all played on the playground equipment.
Most people come to Lake Itasca to see the headwaters of the Mississippi River, so that was our next stop.
This is us, about 20 feet into the 2,552 miles!
The rest of the park took us on the wildlife loop. Here we saw things like the largest red pine in the state and the largest white pine in the state. Although, as you'll see, one of them had their top lightning'd off and it's no longer the tallest.
We also hiked the half mile to this tower and climbed it! Dad took this picture of us halfway up!
Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron
When you come into the park, the first thing most people stop by is "Preacher's Grove." It was named that after a bunch of pastors camped here in the late 1800s. It's also pretty special, as it is a virgin grove of pines that dates back to 1870.
Next, we went up the road to the beach and the picnic area. There was a little playground, and we had a fun picnic lunch. Dad took some silly pictures of Ainsley, got some shots of the lake, and then we all played on the playground equipment.
Most people come to Lake Itasca to see the headwaters of the Mississippi River, so that was our next stop.
This is us, about 20 feet into the 2,552 miles!
The rest of the park took us on the wildlife loop. Here we saw things like the largest red pine in the state and the largest white pine in the state. Although, as you'll see, one of them had their top lightning'd off and it's no longer the tallest.
We also hiked the half mile to this tower and climbed it! Dad took this picture of us halfway up!
Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Spring Break 2011: Day 3 - The Magic Kingdom, Pt. 2
Around 5pm that night, we woke up, dusted ourselves off and went back to the Kingdom for dinner and more fun. This time, we were able to visit Mickey.
We began the rotation again in Tomorrow Land, this time on the Tomorrow Land People Mover.
Following ice cream, the Hall of Presidents, dinner, Pirates of the Caribbean and another run at Buzz Light Year's Space Ranger Spin (this time won by Cameron), we went to watch Cinderella's Castle change colors, the Mainstreet Electrical Parade, the Magic, Memories and You (look for a photo of us!), and finally, the fireworks.
In the end, it was awesome.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
We began the rotation again in Tomorrow Land, this time on the Tomorrow Land People Mover.
Following ice cream, the Hall of Presidents, dinner, Pirates of the Caribbean and another run at Buzz Light Year's Space Ranger Spin (this time won by Cameron), we went to watch Cinderella's Castle change colors, the Mainstreet Electrical Parade, the Magic, Memories and You (look for a photo of us!), and finally, the fireworks.
In the end, it was awesome.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Spring Break 2011: Day 3 - The Magic Kingdom, Pt. 1
On Wednesday, we got up early and hit the Magic Kingdom. We began like most people...
We then followed our normal route to Tomorrow Land, passing by the Minnie and Mickey topiaries.
Once in Tomorrow Land, we immediately hit Buzz LightYear's Space Ranger Spin. This time, Ben and Cameron demolished Dad, who didn't stand a chance.
Next up was Fantasy Land, where Mom and us kids tackled the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and It's a Small World. Normally, we would have gone into Mickey's Toon Town Fair, but it's being demolished to expand Fantasy Land.
Dad took us boys through the Haunted Mansion and then we were into Frontier Land and Liberty Square. We met a friend of Dad's from when he lived in Des Moines, 15 years ago, for lunch. It was nice to meet her and her daughter.
We then noticed that Ainsley was getting sleepy and the lines for rides were getting very, very long (50 minutes for Pirates of the Caribbean!), so we went back to our resort and took a nap!
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
We then followed our normal route to Tomorrow Land, passing by the Minnie and Mickey topiaries.
Once in Tomorrow Land, we immediately hit Buzz LightYear's Space Ranger Spin. This time, Ben and Cameron demolished Dad, who didn't stand a chance.
Next up was Fantasy Land, where Mom and us kids tackled the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and It's a Small World. Normally, we would have gone into Mickey's Toon Town Fair, but it's being demolished to expand Fantasy Land.
Dad took us boys through the Haunted Mansion and then we were into Frontier Land and Liberty Square. We met a friend of Dad's from when he lived in Des Moines, 15 years ago, for lunch. It was nice to meet her and her daughter.
We then noticed that Ainsley was getting sleepy and the lines for rides were getting very, very long (50 minutes for Pirates of the Caribbean!), so we went back to our resort and took a nap!
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Spring Break 2011: Day 2 - The Carousel
A part of our resort is called the Carousel. We went and walked around it and found this pretend carousel and took some pictures.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Spring Break 2011: Day 2 - Islands of Adventures / The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Since Ben and Cameron are so into Harry Potter, Mom and Dad decided to take us to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure park. We went on Tuesday because it was supposed to rain and the park has been known to be incredibly crowded since the Wizarding World opened.
And rain it did. As you can see in the pictures, everyone had ponchos on.
Dad and Ben went on the main ride inside Hogwarts, we all got wands for a souvenir and then we had frozen butterbeer with an early lunch.
From there, Cameron and Dad went to see Poseidon's Journey and then met us in Seuss Landing.
Ainsley really enjoyed Suess Landing, as you might expect. It had a lot of rides for her to go on.
Back over on Super Hero Island, we had fun too and even got to see a bunch of super heroes!
The day at Islands of Adventure was a lot of fun.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
And rain it did. As you can see in the pictures, everyone had ponchos on.
Dad and Ben went on the main ride inside Hogwarts, we all got wands for a souvenir and then we had frozen butterbeer with an early lunch.
From there, Cameron and Dad went to see Poseidon's Journey and then met us in Seuss Landing.
Ainsley really enjoyed Suess Landing, as you might expect. It had a lot of rides for her to go on.
Back over on Super Hero Island, we had fun too and even got to see a bunch of super heroes!
The day at Islands of Adventure was a lot of fun.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Spring Break 2011: Day 2 - Downtown Disney
After the Animal Kingdom, we took the boat from our resort over to Downtown Disney. Some of you might remember this scene...
Unfortunately, the Pooh Corner store is closed and they moved this to a spot where the sun was in our eyes.
Ainsley found her souvenir in multiples at the World of Disney store.
While we were waiting for Mom at a shop, Dad was trying to get us to do a see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil type of thing, but Ainsley was being too silly.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
Unfortunately, the Pooh Corner store is closed and they moved this to a spot where the sun was in our eyes.
Ainsley found her souvenir in multiples at the World of Disney store.
While we were waiting for Mom at a shop, Dad was trying to get us to do a see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil type of thing, but Ainsley was being too silly.
Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron
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