We are finishing up our Ames leg of our vacation today. Yesterday, we loaded up the van early in the morning and drove to Ellsworth, where Travis introduced the girls to Ragbrai!! The route went from there to Story City, which is about 6 miles. Clara and I drove to Story City, where we met up with the bus and the rest of Team Petting Zoo. It was already sweltering by 10:30 AM, so I'm glad the girls weren't in the burley any longer than they were. They stopped for chocolate milk along the route, and thoroughly enjoyed that.
Then we picked up lunch at Battles BBQ in Ames, and took it to my grandparents to eat. Audrey and Clara (and Travis!) all napped there, while I got a nice chance to chat with Mommo and play with Emily. Then we went to visit some friends of mine in Gilbert, whose daughter was born two days before Clara. Sure was fun to catch up with them! Then we came back to Ames, to Jenny's house, and ate take-out Chinese food. Emily had been waiting all day to play with Megan and have a sleepover night. They set up tents in Jenny's enormous basement, and had a wonderful time.
This morning, we went to the Berry Patch in Nevada and picked blueberries. Thankfully, it's a little cooler today (finally!) due to a super-awesome thunderstorm that came through last night. Audrey ate every single berry that she picked, blueberry and raspberry! Emily picked about 30 blueberries in her bucket, and was very proud of herself. Then we ate West Street Deli for lunch, and are now back at Jenny's house for naptimes. Once those are over, we'll go back up to Story City to ride on the carousel, and Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan will meet us there. The way Emily is talking, this will be a highlight of the vacation, even topping the camping sleepover night.
We're really enjoying these activities, but I'm keeping the posting brief, just to get it all written down. We'll see if I get a chance to add in any more specific anecdotes later. But I'm taking pictures, too, so that will help jog my memory!
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