October 21, 2015

We woke up in North Carolina and headed to Edventure. When we got there we ate some food in the RV then headed in for some fun. First, there was a firefighter area, a grocery store and a farm area. We spent some time at each of them then we went to the world’s biggest boy.

We walked over to where he is and he is huge! He is 40 feet tall! We climbed up the stairs then entered his head. It was like a giant McDonald’s play place. It was very confusing climbing though him but super fun! We went on a slide through his intestines. Then went to the next spot.

We were then able to be a doctor and a dentist for a while. After that we went to a craft area. Burka built a really cute creature out of tape, cardboard, wires and many other things. Buche and Dad were building parachutes. Grace and Hannah colored pictures.

The boys and I played at the pizza place while the others ordered the pizzas. They were about to close so we only had a little bit more time. Grace found a game we should play called grossology. Grace won most of the rounds. We all had lots of fun playing. Dad made a 3-D picture too off a 3D printe. It finished as soon as they closed.

I had a lot of fun today at Edventure. It’s in my top 5 favorite things we’ve done on this trip. I definitely want to come back someday. Now we’re headed to a campground in Georgia.

-Greta

Grace put together a couple videos of the “EdVenture” we were on today in Columbia, South Carolina.

We woke up in Maryland and headed to the Luray Caverns. (Here are some state pictures that we’ve taken over the last couple days.)

When we arrived at Luray Caverns in Virginia we had lunch in the RV. Then we went to the cave. In our first couple of steps grace stepped wrong and hurt her foot somehow. We aren’t sure whats wrong with it. She had troubles the rest of the way in the cave.

Here was the wishing well. Every year they empty it out and donate it to charities.

Here were the two eggs. They were super cool!

After the cave we went to the gift shop. Grace got a wheelchair to go the camper in because her foot was all swelled up. Then we drove to Greensboro, North Carolina and we went out for Cold Stone with the Croatts. Thanks for coming on such short notice!  It was awesome to see you!

After eating our ice cream we drove to our next campground.

-Greta

October 15, 2015

We woke up in Coatesville, Pennsylvania and headed to Gettysburg. When we got there we went to go see the twenty minute movie about it. Then we saw the cyclorama about it. There was a huge painting in the cyclorama. The painting is one hundred thirty-one years old! It was really cool to see the cyclorama!

After we saw the super cool cyclorama we went to the gift shop. We got some stuff including a audio cd that would tell us about Gettysburg while we drove around. After the gift shop we went to the car to drive around the battlefield.

These pictures are from “Little Round Top” on the Battlefield.

When we were driving around there were so many memorials. We walked up a few flights of stairs at one spot and it was a really pretty view from the top. We stopped at about fourteen spots that the audio cd told us about. It was really pretty because the sun was setting.

I learned that 252 of Minnesotas men went to fight in the war. Within the first few hours 85% of those men died. After the day at Gettysburg we drove the rv to our next campground in Millersville, Maryland. One of my favorite things about today was looking at the battlefields.

-Greta

October 13, 2015

We woke up in Sussex, New Jersey. We got up and headed down the road to a bagel bakery and deli that our friends told us we needed to go to before we could cross the Jersey boarder.  We got some breakfast bagels with Talyor Ham.  They were yummy!!!  Thanks Gamps!  Then we drove to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to go see the Liberty Bell. It was a couple hours of driving but it was worth it. When we got there we had to go through security. I was surprised that it was free to get it to see it! We got a picture and moved on to the next thing.

We walked to go see the U.S Mint, Which is where they made coins. There is only two Mints in the U.S and the other is in Denver. When we got there we had to go through security again! We went up the escalator to see the factory. I learned that it starts out as a coil then they stamp out the shape of the coin. After looking at the factory we went to the gift shop we got a few things them moved on to the next thing.

After doing all that we were hungry so went to a place and had some pizza. When she brought out the pizza it was huge! We all got our own slice. After having some pizza we went back to the RV and drove to Coatesville, PA at a campground.

-Greta

We started the day in Middleboro, Massachusetts. We headed to Plymouth, Massachusetts to see the Mayflower II. We walked on the ship and started on the top. We saw one bedroom on the top floor. We then moved down to the next floor. This floor had a couple of beds. Some of the beds had rooms and some were just lying on the floor. There were a couple actors throughout the ship acting out parts and answering questions from visitors.

Here’s a picture we got with one. The people acting out the parts had really thick accents. Next we went to the next level down and we saw the cannon that they would shoot if there were pirates following them.

After we looked at the Mayflower II, we moved on to the Plimouth Plantation. Yes, that is how they spelled it.   We learned that they spelled things phonetically at the time of the Pilgrims and there was not just one way to spell things.  There was also a lot of actors here. In the Wampanoag tribal area we tried playing with the toys the Indians played with.  We tried to play a game made out of bones, but it was really hard. We went in a long house which they living in at wintertime with extended family.  I learned that it can get up to 80 degrees with their fire and how they built it!  We went inside many other houses too, which were their houses for the time other than the winter and they lived in these with just their immediate family.

After learning about the tribes we moved onto the village. We saw the Fort. The Fort is where they would shoot cannons if there were intruders. They were friends with the tribes but they were still scared that they would attack them. They build a big fence around the village to keep others out. The cannons in the Fort can shoot over a mile away. The ocean is right by the village so if there were pirates they could shoot them before they got on the land. We looked in the houses and in one the boys’ even played a game called 9 man morris.

After looking at the village we went to the barn. There were a couple goats there. By the time we finished all of that we were hungry so we drove over to Cape Cod. We ate at a restaurant called ‘’Land Ho.’’ My mom had a hot dog with sauerkraut and pumpernickel bread.  And, since we are in the sign business it was cool to eat in a place that displayed signs everywhere!  It was very good and we would have never known about it had we not had such a nice friend, Chadyn who lives here and told us it was yummy.  Thanks, Chadyn!

The last thing we did today was go see the sunset on the other side of Cape Cod. It was really pretty. When we were done looking at the sunset we drove back to the RV in Middleboro.

-Greta

We woke up in Youngstown, New York. and headed to Niagara  Falls. We first went on a boat tour. The people gave us each a raincoat thing so we wouldn’t get drenched. When we went on the boat we went on the top to see better. The boat took us up to the horseshoe falls, and it was so cool! We got really wet but the raincoats helped a lot. It was also really cold out so the cold water on us just made us colder.

The next thing we did was go to the aquarium. We made it just in time to see the sea lion show! It was super cool to see! The sea lions were trained really well! They did flips, jumps and many more cool tricks. After the sea lion show we walked around the aquarium. We also got to see them feed the penguins!

After the aquarium we went to Cave of the Winds. Again, we were given a raincoat and this time they also gave us sandals because you get really wet! We walked all the way around on some stairs and a couple spots we could touch the waterfalls and it even splashed up on us! When we were done doing that we walked back to the car and got on dry clothes. Then we went to go eat at the Hard Rock Cafe.

When we were done at the Hard Rock Cafe we went to go see the movie about Niagara Falls. The movie told about Niagara’s past. One time there was a 7 year old boy that fell down the falls with just a lifejacket. The people on the boat ride saw him and they rescued him. His 17 year old sister was rescued 20 ft. from falling down the falls by some tourists. There was also a daredevil that walked across a tight rope 8 times above the Niagara Falls – one time he even did it with someone on his shoulders!

Before we left we went to check out the Falls one last time.  They were lit up.   It really is so beautiful!  We bought some souvenirs and then we ended the day Youngstown, New York. My favorite part about the day was either the sea lion show or the Cave of the Winds. I had a lot of fun today even though it was really cold.

-Greta