Annual Fall Trip 09

This Saturday we took our annual New England Fall Trip. This year we went to Western Massachusetts with the Stevens and Grandpa Rogers. It was supposed to rain today, maybe even snow but we ended up having a gorgeous day. Sunny, a little brisk, but beautiful.

Our first stop was The Rock House Reservation in West Brookfield.

This is Carter Pond with a very large boulder right in the middle. When the girls saw it they said, "Now, if we just had a boat. . . "

This is the Rock House. The kids spent very little time here because they were much more interested in climbing to the top. There was a very large drop off at the top so I really had to climb fast to keep up with them. They are fast!

What a view!

This rock is aptly named, "Balance Rock".

Here's me (Tanya) and Mike. Silly, Mike.

Lilly found a great place to sit and rest.

Reagan also found a place to relax.

We walked all the way around the pond. Here's a view from the other side.

The second stop was lunch. We went to The Munich Haus in Chicopee. We all enjoyed our German lunch. They brought us freshly made potato chips and an awesome dip. We had potato pancakes, spaetzle, and several different varieties of schnitzel, lentil soup or salad, and a variety of sides. I think even Geoffrey left there full and happy.

The next stop was the Holyoke Merry-go-Round. This Merry-go-Round was inside and only $1 a ride. So we rode twice.

Last Stop-Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke

This is one of the many dinosaur footprints that we saw.

Geoffrey finally found a creature with bigger feet than his.

Here's the whole crew--minus the photographer (me).

We have had a lot of fun on our annual fall trips--pumpkin chunkin with the trebuchet, seeing a scarecrow with a pumpkin for a butt (with a crack no less), Ben and Jerry's factory tour when they served us and 2 other large Mormon families coffee ice cream and we all had to decline, and of course the great laughs we have had just being silly in the car. The last time we went to Western Mass we had some laughs about the town of Belchertown. This time it was about the town of Ware. Jason played right into it when he called and asked us where we were. Where? Ware? We are Ware. Ware are you? Incidentally they were in Ware.