Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Trip #3 - Santa Claus, IN

Since the kids had a long weekend off school (they had Tuesday off too!) we decided to pack up Harvey and hit the road again! This time we headed to Santa Claus, IN where we camped, went to Holiday World, and camped some more!

Maggie had a soccer game Saturday morning, so we didn't leave until after her game. After about a five hour drive we pulled in to the camp ground only to find this.......

Campers E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E!

The camp ground was completely full and everywhere you looked kids (and adults) were dressed in their Halloween costumes....doing what you do on Halloween...Trick-or-Treat! And to top it off, the camp sites were decorated to the hilt. I don't think I've ever seen so many Halloween decorations in one place! It was crazy! And apparently, they do this every weekend in October!


After we got set-up, the kids wanted to walk around and see all the sites....and since we didn't have costumes to wear or candy to pass out....(the nearest Walmart was 30 mins away) we decided that the kids could tell people they were professional scooter riders and off they went with their make-shift goodie bags to collect some yummy candy! Andy and I walked along too, and I informed all the people that we were not aware of the festivities! The people graciously included our kids despite the lack of costumes!


Below is a picture of our lonely, undecorated site....sure looks pitiful compared to all the others!



On Sunday, we spent the day at Holiday World! The kids (all three of them) had a great time riding rides and taking in all the fun things to do. We had a perfect weather for the entire weekend....Indian Summer for sure!


On Monday morning while Mama Bear packed up, Papa Bear took the two baby bears for a hike. Again, it was a perfect morning! Hiking while still in your jammies was even better!


The kiddos climbed all these stairs....


Just to get to this...


Then Papa Bear and baby boy bear (baby girl bear got too scared) climbed to the top to see this...


If you look carefully, you can see baby girl bear sitting at the bottom waiting patiently for Papa Bear!

Trip #3 with Harvey was a great success.

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