Elitch Gardens

We went to Elitch Gardens for the second time this summer. The first time was just a short visit with Richard, Grace, and Lucy. That day was rainy and cold so we didn't stay too long. Yesterday was a hot sunny day so we stayed until closing. One of the best things about the day was we only spent $4.50 the entire day! The Elitch tickets were free. We got them from the library summer reading program. Cesar and I used them and Eli and Diego were free (3 and under are free). We brought lunch, snacks, and water so we didn't have to buy any of that. We were tempted to buy ice cream, but we held off. After we left at 6 we were starving and really thirsty so we went to Wendy's for free dinner (thanks Dad). We rode the light rail to Elitch's so we could avoid the $12 parking. We had two free one way tickets, the boys are free, so we only had to buy one round trip ticket for $4.50. Pretty good if you ask me!

The boys got to play and ride everything they wanted in the kid area, we saw a really cool acrobatic show in the air conditioning that we all enjoyed, Cesar and I even got to ride some roller coasters since the lines were all very short or non existent. It was fun seeing Eli and Diego on some of the rides together. And Cesar and I each rode one water ride with Eli. We got wet! At the end of the day we went to the water park at Elitch's. The water was freezing, but it actually felt pretty good since it was so hot outside. Diego was a little hard to handle at the water park since he did not want to hold my hand at all. He just wanted to be on his own even though he fell face first into the water a couple of times. It didn't seem to bother him much at all. Silly boy!

Enjoy the pictures.