All The Best Stories . . .: Mystic Seaport with Grandma and Grandpa McD

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Mystic Seaport with Grandma and Grandpa McD

My parents came to visit this July. We had lots of fun with them. One day we went to Mystic Seaport Village. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. It's expensive though. We found a great coupon that gave half price tickets if you recite the Nautical Alphabet (Alpha-Bravo-Charlie). We all worked really hard at it. My mom and Garrett were a little nervous about it and Alaina didn't even want to try - but we were all fairly ready to pass our test when we got there. Kathryn ended up being our hero - the man at the desk only wanted one of us to recite it so she did. He let us all in for half price :)

Our hero! Yea Kathryn!

Garrett and Alaina on the playground of ships

This is how Becca spent most of the day, looking in the water at jelly fish. Here Garrett is holding her shirt to make sure she doesn't fall in.

Becca made friends with the horse . . .

They all tried stilts - Grandpa told the kids all about his adventures as a kid on his own homemade stilts. He then helped them figure it out.

Grandpa gets Garrett started.

Kat and Becca with hoops

Unbelieveable! Shoes and socks off, sandy feet - just what I wanted :)

Catching jelly fish and hermit crabs

Looking over the edge at jelly fish again

Group photo with sun in the eyes and wind in the hair. It was a beautiful, fun day. I hope we can go back and see more one day.

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NikieAugust 31, 2010 at 5:43 PM
So fun! We haven't been there since Dennis was the only one who had moved to Connecticut. We visited him one weekend and went on the company's money! It's time to go again!
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