Water Works is a game that has been played in this house for decades. It was a big hit again with the cousins:
Some of us took a tour of the Idaho State Penitentiary:
Our guide told us some stories of prisoners who climbed this wall trying to escape. The kids thought it looked hard to climb:
Daddy has some of his old stuff stored in boxes in Grandpa's shed. We opened them up and found old pinewood derby cars, rocks, comic books, and a chess set.
This tree was planted when Daddy was little. Now it is big enough to climb in!
We visited the Idaho State Museum:
Brother M demonstrating his reading skills by reading to his siblings:
We also visited the Discovery Center, which has tons of cool interactive science exhibits.
The giant bubble station is always popular:
Mad scientist:
This T Rex is under construction, not on display yet, but S was happy just to see it through the window:
The Discovery Center happened to have a Lego exhibit while we were there. Great timing for our Lego lovers!
Build-your-own maze:
Stop motion animation:
We went on a little hike from this park...
up to Castle Rock:
Back at the park, Grandpa made airplanes for the kids:
We went to nearby Julia Davis park for a ride on the paddle boats:
There were some really big fish hiding in corners:
After two glorious weeks, it was time to head home. We had a total of four flights on this vacation, which made it easy to give everyone a turn at the popular window seat.
Another long layover in Denver, this one overnight so we stayed at our favorite hotel chain for the breakfast treats:
Since we had time in Denver, we made a quick trip to the zoo. We saw lots of animals, including zebras:
Fish:
Giraffes:
Miss L with her Unicorn Fish:
Big lizards:
Elephants:
Pretty birds:
Monkeys:
Up close with gorillas:
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