Category: Trips

2023 Myrtle Beach

Supper at Denny’s

6:04pm, gas 7:10pm back at hotel 7:20 PM

2023 Myrtle Beach

Super 8 Fort Chiswell

Checked in to Super 8 in Fort Chiswell 5:50pm.

2023 Myrtle Beach

Canyon Rim

Stopped at Canyon Rim Visitor Centre in Lansing West Virginia at 3:30 PM. Back on the road 4:10pm

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West Virginia

Arrived in West Virginia at 1:08pm

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Lunch at Wendys

Stopped for lunch at Wendy’s in Waynesburg PA at 12:05 PM. Finished lunch and back on the road at 12:55 PM

2023 Myrtle Beach

Coffee

Post author By John
Post date September 16, 2023
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Stopped for coffee and gas at 10:20 AM in Portersville PA

Back on the road 10:37 AM

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McDonald’s Pennsylvania

Stopped for breakfast at McDonald’s at 8:00 AM in Pennsylvania.. Just across the state line.

Back on the road 8:45 AM

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The border

Arrived at the border in Fort Erie at 6:48 AM.

Almost no wait, only two cars ahead of us

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Starbucks

Stopped for coffee at approximately 6:20 AM. at Niagara on the Lake. Spent the big bucks. Did a Starbucks drive-through.

2023 Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach 2023

Left the house at 5:08 AM got up at 4:30 AM

Plan to be in Fort Chiswell, Virginia by around 5 PM today

2023 Arkzooforce

Learning About Flight

The National Museum of the US Air Force had some fun hands-on exhibits.

The air blowing upwards between the balls created low pressure and the higher pressure on the outside pushed them together.

Which shape of airplane gets pushed back the furthest in the wind tunnel?

They played with this for a long time, watching the airplane glide down the zip line and land on the runway.

Flying (or rather crashing) the space shuttle

Steering the helicopter

Landing the plane (her approach may have been a little too fast)

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

Post author By John
Post date August 23, 2023
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Flowers

Post author By Leanne
Post date August 23, 2023
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I regret not taking photos of the gardens at the Cincinnati Zoo. They were beautiful! My favourite was the butterfly garden with plants that attract pollinators.

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Galapagos tortoise

This photo doesn’t capture how big these really are and how slowly they walk, but it was neat to see! Especially since we just learned about them last year.

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Kangaroos and Penguins

Another kangaroo walk-through exhibit similar to the one at the Ark Encounter

They look bluer when they’re swimming underwater!

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Birds, Monkeys and Insects

Post author By Leanne
Post date August 23, 2023
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Poppy loves birds of all kinds. She said they were “so cute!”

This was another creature which Poppy deemed “so cute!”

Pollinators: Daisy and Maggie enjoyed looking at all the dead butterflies on display (not the live ones in the hot humid butterfly room).

They had a really cool tunnel for ants that went all the way from one room to another. The ants were busy carrying leaf pieces from that plant in the display case back and forth.

They could see how many insects they weighed.

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Riding the Carousel

The older three kids and I rode the carousel over and over while Poppy napped in her stroller. It was by far their favourite zoo attraction.

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Manatees and Hippos

I loved watching the manatees AKA “sea cows” swim and eat their lettuce. They’re so adorable. A zoo guide chatted with our kids about them and let them touch a bone from a manatee skeleton.

Fiona is a famous hippo who was born prematurely but survived. The library has books about her. We got to see her cuddling with the other hippos. Another adorable underwater giant!