Category Archives: Travel

Disney, Photo-A-Day, Travel

First Trip to Disneyland in 15 years

Disneyland at night
Photo-A-Day #4562

Actually I can not be sure of this until I take a look at some of my old photos. I know that the trip was prior to 2003 because there are no posts about Disneyland on this blog which began in 2003. Allison and I went way back when. We went out for a wedding and a vacation. When we went we visited my Uncle and stayed with him. We also went all over the place. One of the places that we went was Disneyland. So many things have changed in that time. I will be posting a whole post all about this visit. It was part of a larger press trip.

Family, Food, Photo-A-Day, Travel

Eva’s Pre-Birthday Adventure

Apple Cinder Donuts
Photo-A-Day #4561

I leave for the Thor Ragnarok trip tomorrow morning. That means that I’ll be away for Eva’s birthday. So, I took the night off work and we took Eva and Andrew to Shelburne Farms. We decided upon that place because we haven’t been apple picking yet this year and there are some great things to do at the farm. They have a bounce house, some go karts, a hay maze and some animals as well as a 1974 John Deere Combine that was turned into a play area.

At shelburne Farm

We enjoyed some apple cider donuts and apple cider. Then we wandered the grounds and made our way to the play areas. It had rained earlier in the day so everything all day was a bit damp. We were lucky, though, that the rain happened early. The crowds were light and the picking was interesting.

Apple Picking

Apparently there was a big hail storm and the apples all got dinged up pretty good. I cannot believe how much hail happened. This made for an a bit of a scavenger hunt. We had to really look and search and find the very best apples that we could find. Andrew and Eva did an excellent job finding as many apples as they could. We walked all over looking on each tree for the least dinged up ones. We finished up with a hay ride and some more play on the combine.

Combine Maze

Thee was also a large straw pyramid.

On the Straw Pyramid

For dinner I took the family to the newly opened SmashBurger. This is one of my favorite restaurants. They have great fried pickles and burgers there. We also split some onion straws, fries and sweet potato fries. I also introduced the family to Smash Sauce. Everyone loved it.

Smashburger dinner