We have arrived home safely from our road trip! We had a great time and enjoyed all our stops. We started off in New York to pick up my mom and visit with friends and family and then headed towards the mountains for a fun filled week.
Our first stop was in Forest, Virginia to see my old neighbors from our Virginia Tech days. D had a great time playing with their kids and attending VBS with them. It was fun to watch the next generation of HOKIES (we hope!) play together. I loved catching up with Pam, we spent so much time together while living in Christiansburg and I missed our long chats and shared suppers. We also got to spoil their new puppy, Beamer. What a cutey he is.
Next we headed through the mountains to Huntersville, North Carolina to see my brother who lives in Concord. He took us to the Lazy 5 Ranch, what an adventure that was! It is a drive thru farm, so we got to feed the animals right from our car. We were able to feed cattle, horses, goats, deer, pigs, camels, llamas, emu, ostrich, and probably a few more I am forgetting! We explored Dan Nicholas Park the next day. It was a very nice park with lots to do. It is free to get in, but there is a small fee for some of the activities. We enjoyed a ride on the carousel and the train, and D enjoyed running through the splash pad. We also did some gem mining and found some cool gems. The park also has a petting zoo, paddle boats, a huge playground, mini golf and much more!
We headed to Columbus on Monday to meet up with my dad and have dinner with friends. D and I said good-bye to my parents on Tuesday and headed to Dayton to see some friends from back home in NY. The kids had a great time swimming and getting an ice cream treat to end the day. We packed up Wednesday and headed back to Pure Michigan!
On a side note D had been complaining that her mouth hurt and wanted to know when it would stop, after taking a peek we discovered she had one of her six year molars coming in! So while her friends are loosing their teeth, she decided to get a new one instead. This probably explains her headaches and earaches over the last few weeks. She wanted to know why the tooth fairy didn't bring her money, I told her you don't get money for getting teeth just loosing them! And her Uncle Sean told her the tooth fairy brings $10 for each tooth, I hope he plans on being the tooth fairy.
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