Trip to Bear World (June 16th)

RJ and Savannah have a chore chart and when they get their chores down for the day the receive a ticket "Good for one free ______." I download these fun tickets from Family Fun. Most of the tickets are small items like a trip to the dollar store, or an ice cream treat, or trip to their favorite park, etc. Then there are some bigger prizes like bear world or the zoo. They pick tickets randomly and never know which one they will get. RJ happened to pick the trip to Bear World the very first time we tried this. Unfortunately, it has been raining the whole month on June. We seriously have gotten tons of rain! The news casters have said that we broke the record for rain fall in a month, which was back in 1968. So RJ had to hold onto his ticket till we had a good clear day. Two weeks ago we had a break in the weather and decided we better use his ticket. It was a fun afternoon, despite the fact that we didn't get to Bear World till after noon and the bears were all taking their naps. It was a hot day too so it was hard to spot the sleeping bears because they all took shelter in the shadows. However, Zach slept the whole time, thank goodness, and the kids spent hours riding the kiddie rides over and over again. It was fun.

The Rare White Elk:

Watching the bear cubs play, they didn't mind the heat:

Sleepy Bear

This is one of their favorite rides, the rode it over and over again.

On the roller coaster, another favorite.

The last few times we went to Bear World, RJ refused to go on this ride. Savannah has always loved it. RJ made a friend on this day who persuaded RJ to ride with him. RJ was a little nervous as you can see.

But in the end he loved it and declared that it wasn't scary at all.