A couple weeks ago my husband and I decided to take a trip to the Calico Ghost Town. Mark tried to show Ira a map of Calico. Ira's response was, "Does it have rides?" Mark answered, "It has a train." To which Ira replied, "No, does it have rides like roller coasters?" Yes, our little 5 year old is already addicted to amusement parks. He wasn't too excited about the idea of going someplace that does not have roller coasters, but we made it work and in the end he was happy he went.
The great thing about Calico with three 5 and unders is that they are pretty much free for everything. Mine tour? Free. Mystery tour? Free. Pan for gold? Free. Gotta love it! So we took a ride on the calico railroad, toured the mine, went on the mystery tour (which, for those of you old school amusement park fanatics, is similar to the Mystery Lodge Knott's Berry Farm had--I'm not sure if they still have it since I haven't been to Knott's in so many years), and panned for gold (well, pyrite really). The kids also made "necklaces" in a craft store. Basically they colored a ceramic medallion with markers and chose the yarn color for the necklace. The price wasn't too bad--$1 each. Ira chose a spider and Emma chose a flower.
Before going to the ghost town we stopped at the Barstow Station for lunch. The kids enjoyed eating in a "real" train car for lunch. All in all it was a fun little trip. We'll definitely have to go again before Ira turns 6!
1 comment:
Love the Ira comment! haha
Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun! And yay for pretty-much-free stuff!
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