Home Sweet Home

Well, we made it home safe and sound. It feels good to be home, but boy did we have a great time! Many thanks to Tim, Brenda, Emilea, and Ashlea for making it a great trip. We have many great memories of our vacation together.

A special thank you to Chad, Julie and Heidi for making the vacation happen! We love you all and look forward to seeing you again very soon.

I suppose it's time to get back to reality. Until next time, so long.

Later.

And we said goodbye

We'll, Tim & Brenda have to work on Tuesday, so we are heading home
alone. What a great time this has been! Matt's family will be resting
here for a little while.

Cya soon!!!

Almost missed a picture

At the end of the game (about midnight), everyone was still just pumped...of course...our beloved Twins had just WON THE GAME!
Another nice Twins fan, on his honeymoon, took this picture for us.

Since Al Gore invented the internet

It's been a while since I was able to really do more than an iPhone post. I like posting with it, but I'm limited to just one picture and typing isn't as speedy as the laptop. Matt and I discovered that downtown Williamsburg had FREE (as in beer) Wi-Fi! Unfortunately, I was unable to do anything that required a that required me to log in.
Friday, the Walsh's went on trip to Colonial Williamsburg. We opted for the shuttle ride through to the Merchants Square and a museum hidden inside a hospital for the mentally ill.. On the left, you see Emilea learning about how kids in the day of colonial Williamsburg earned a living wrapping thead on used playing cards. It was the hottest day of the trip so far, but the museum was air conditioned!

We returned home and met up with the rest of the group. Julie was enlisted to draw our Bert on the "Circle Us Bert" sign. The Walsh's packed their van on Friday night. We were heading to Caroline County to take part in an impromptu family reunion. Aunt Wanda had gotten together all of Brenda's relatives in that part of Virginia. It was really nice to see everyone. Uncle Bobby and Aunt Wanda have a new house sitting on a lot of acres. The house was full of people and much good food was consumed by all.
As it turned out, they new a real short cut to Baltimore that happened to be the road at the end of their drive way. We called the rest of the vacation crew and they met up with us at the Harrie's. Coolers were filled with ice and the two vans were back on the road with Grandma and Grandpa's car now joining the caravan.













We arrived in Baltimore just in time. It was about 6 PM when we pulled into the hotel.

We got the little kids situated and headed over to the game. Tim and Matt were probably more excited than anyone else entering the stadium. Oriole Park at Camden Yards is an amazing facility. The only problem...RAIN DELAY. No problem...the storm blew right by.

Wow...what a game! We moved down to the front row, no one seemed to care. We definitely got our moneys worth! Everyone had a great time!
The guy on the left here did something that one small boy will never forget. This guy was sitting by us and hat caught a foul ball. He was pretty happy with his catch...then...he saw Jared and figured it was going to be more appreciated by an 8 year old.

We told this guy, "You know, he's probably going to sleep with the ball for the next month." His answer, "I was hoping he would!" Thanks again!

We are in Fremont, Indiana. Looks like we should be getting home tomorrow about dinner time. The bittersweet end to a great vacation. It's amazing, everyone is pretty tired, but smiling.

When you're here...

You're family! Of course we had to stop at Olive Garden.

Homeward bound

Just south of Cleveland...

Allegheny Mountain

Another cool tunnel!

Let the tolls begin!

We just entered the Pennsylvania Turnpike. By my GPS, we have 935
miles to go. If we were to drive straight through, we will get home at
2:37am...right...

We are packing up

The last scheduled event is done. Twins Win 8 - 1!

We are trying to head out early today. The plan is to drive for at
least 10 hours before we stop for the night. No idea where that will be.

See everyone real soon!

Torii hits 3 run homer!

Oh yeah! Three run homer and...WE WERE THERE!

We moved down...

Hey!

They are pulling up the tarp!

Rain Delay

Oh man! Rain delay! We are covered by the upper deck. This place is
amazing.

Nice view

Some like an ocean view, others a greenside view. Me? I'll take the
stadium view everytime.

The last day in VA :-(

Sorry, we didn't post yesterday. The Walsh's went to Colonial
Williamsburg and the Baudoin's went to Virginia Beach.

We start the trip home today. Our fun isn't over though. Last night,
with some fantastic help from Juilie, Matt and I finished the "Circle
Me Bert" sign.

The Walsh's we will be heading out early this morning to visit
Brenda's family in the Bowling Green area, meeting back up with
everyone else in Baltimore.

Water Country

We spent the day at Water Country today. It's very similiar to Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells, but this place is more kid friendly. It is mandatory that younger kids wear life vests on the rides, which is very cool. All the kids were pretty worn out by the end of the day.

The best ride there was the Hubba-Hubba Highway. It's like a lazy river, but on steroids! There are jets that create a current in the river that speed up the flow of traffic. Instead of tubes, everybody just straps on a life vest and floats around in the current. It's very cool! Ashlea was showing off her swimming skills and Colin was loving the water. Wish we would have had the camera with, but unfortunately we did not...
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Since the kids were tuckered out and Brenda, Tracy and the Grandparents were fishing, Tim and I decided to venture into Willaimsburg to look for an Internet cafe of somesort, and boy did we find one. The whole city offers free wi/fi to its guests in the downtown area. We are sitting outside on a beautiful night...

Here's a pic of Colin's first trip to the ocean. He was a bit scared of the water, but he loved the sand!!!



Later.

A lot of fun without a camera

We are hanging out today a Water Country USA. No camera has made the
journey. We are taking a food break. Everyone is soaked, even Brenda!

Still @ the gardens

Near real time!

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Visiting Julie's house.

Check out this deck...next stop the botannical garden.