The week long adventure (blog 1 of 4) 2nd week in July

After spending a few days with our NE family,  we started a week long adventure with our 3 youngest grandchildren.    Below you see them in our Grizmobile on our way to Rapid City.  The trip went great and we all had fun as we traveled the first leg of our trip to Sioux Falls and spent the night at a fine Hotel. (INN)

 It was a comfortable 2 room suite.  The grandchildren were excited and couldn't look enough.  They also couldn't wait to enjoy the big indoor swim pool and hot tub. 

We enjoyed a good 2 hours in the beautiful pool and we had it all to ourselves.
  It was a great way to relax, exercise and have fun.   

The hot tub

The next day we were on our second leg of our trip.  We enjoyed some "TOURIST TRAP" fun and also a great noon meal at AL'S OASIS.  It was a hot day at 95 degrees but just a bit of advice,  if you eat there, don't forget your warm jackets since they had the air very cool at about 60 degrees.  BURR we were cold in there and really made the outside temp feel good.

The first thing on our list of  "THINGS TO DO"  was Storybook Island.

  The pictures below will show just some of the fun at this fairy tail park.  We took our time and saw every thing there.  I do believe the highlights were the Train,  digging in the sand,  the merry-go- rounds and slides, the tire swing, the Wizard of Oz.     We purchased cotton candy on the way out and had a fun dessert after our noon meal.  We were disappointed that the play was not on the schedule for that week since it was a Theater camp for kids instead.  

Papa and I had a hard time to keep up with 3 excited children.  We certainly had fun and the grandchildren were so good to stay close by and listen to us.  

What a cute Raggedy Ann and Andy.

OK!  Time to go, say good-by until next time!