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THIS WEEKEND WE WERE GOING TO GO TO THE WILD ANIMAL PARK, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME FREE TICKETS, BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE WE SAW THAT IT WAS GOING TO CLOSE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, SO WE DECIDED TO JUST KEEP DRIVING UP THE ROAD AND SEE WHERE WE END UP. WELL… THIS WAS FUN…
WE DROVE UP TO A SMALL STATE PARK, IT WAS WHERE A BATTLE WAS FOUGHT, CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME, SORRY. WE SAW THAT IT WAS TOO SMALL, AND THERE WERE NO BADGES FOR THE KIDS, THE ONLY THING THERE WAS A SMALL HIKING TRAIL, WITH WARNING SIGNS FOR RATTLE SNAKES, SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE, LOL.
WE KEPT DRIVING UP THE ROAD, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, THE MOUNTAINS, THERE WERE WINERIES EVERYWHERE, AND ANIMALS, AND THERE WERE ORANGE GROVES ALL ALONGSIDE OF THE ROAD. WILL, LIKE ALWAYS, THOUGHT HE WAS SPEED RACER AND WAS HAVING FUN ON THE DIPS AND SMALL CURVES, POOR PAPA, GOT CAR SICK 4 TIMES.
WE FINALLY DROVE INTO RAMONA, THERE WAS A RODEO, AND WE WERE GOING TO GO, BUT WE COULDN’T FIND IT, LOL. WILL FOUND A LITTLE FRUIT STAND ON THE CORNER, AND WE WENT, WE BOUGHT A HUGE BOX OF THE FRESHEST RUBY RED STRAWBERRIES I HAVE EVER TASTED, AND OF COURSE, WILL LOVES CHERRIES, SO WE GOT SOME TOO. WE DECIDED TO SAVE ALL OF THE SEEDS SO WE CAN TRY TO PLANTS SOME, OF COURSE THE CHERRY BOX DIDN’T EVEN LAST THE HOUR.
THEN WE DROVE UP AGAIN, AND WOUND UP IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED SANTA YSABEL, IT HAS A SMALL INDIAN RESERVATION, AND IN THE MAIN MARKET THEY HAD FLIERS THAT THEY HAD JUST OPENED A NEW CASINO, SO WE DECIDED TO GO SEE HOW MUCH THE BUFFET WAS. WOW, THE VIEW WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! THEY LEVELED A WHOLE MOUNTAIN TOP, AND BUILT A SMALL CASINO, ALL AROUND THE CASINO, THERE WAS FLATTENED LAND, WHERE THEY WILL BUILT THE RESORT ONCE THEY HAVE MORE FUNDS. SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES!!! I TOLD WILL FOR HIM TO GO TO THE CASINO AND FIND OUT, AND IN THE MEANTIME I TOLD THE KIDS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO LOOK WITH ME AND TAKE PICTURES. THE KIDS AND I WERE WALKING ALL ALONG THE MOUNTAIN’S EDGE, AND BELOW, FAR AWAY, YOU CAN SEE THE LAKE, AND MORE MOUNTAINS, IT WAS A SIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET. WILL CAME OUT OF THE CASINO AND FOUND A CATERPILLAR, AND HE BROUGHT IT OVER TO SHOW THE KIDS, IT JUST MADE THE WHOLE PICTURE MMENT MORE BEAUTIFUL, AND THE DAY MORE SWEET. AFTER WILL PUT THE CATERPILLAR BACK, HE YELLED “LAST ONE TO THE CAR IS A ROTTEN EGG!!” SO WE ALL STARTED RUNNING, I LOOKED BACK AND SAW THAT LILY WAS WALKING, SO I WALKED BACK AND TOLD HER WE WOULD RACE, KIERA AND JOSHUA CAME BACK FOR A SECOND RACE, SO WE RUN, AND I’M BEATING KIERA, SO SHE REACHES OUT FOR MY SHIRT AND PULLS ME DOWN, I STARTED TO FALL AND AS I WAS TRYING TO STAY UP, I FELT AND HEARD 3 LOUS CRACKS ON MY ANKLE! OUCH!!!!!!!! I STARTED CRYING IMMEDIATELY, AND I FELT THE SUDDEN BURNUNG PAIN IN MY FOOT, I WAS CRYING, AND WILL, TRYING TO FIX IT,, KEPT TRYING TO MAKE ME GET UP, I WASN’T GOING TOO, LOL. HE CARRIED ME TO THE CAR AND CAREFULLY TOOK MY SHOE OFF, MY ANKLE WAS TWICE AS BIG NOW, HE WENT TO GET ICE FROM THE CASINO, BUT THE EMT, AND THE CASINO MANAGER CAME OUT WITH HIM, LIABILITY FORMS. THE EMT BANDAGED MY ANKLE AND TOLD ME IT’S SPRAINED AND NOT BROKEN, THAT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR, LOL. NOT TOO MENTION, THAT WHEN I FIRST FELL, ALL I HEARD OVER MY CRIES, WERE WILL’S HISTERICALL LAUGHS!
WE STARTED TO DRIVE BACK HOME SO I COULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT I FELT TOO BAD ABOUT ENDING THE KIDS DAY, SO I ASKED WILL TO STOP AT THE FIRST STORE AND GET ME SOME PILLS, I POPPED 2 ADVIL’S AND WE KEPT DRIVING. WE FOUND THE ENTRANCE TO THE PALOMAR OBSERVATORY, SO I GOT EXITED AND WE DROVE UP THE MOUNTAIN, THE SIGN SAID IT HAD CLOSED ABOUT 1/2 HOUR BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS A SCENIC VIEW AREA ON THE SIDE. IT WAS SOOO BEAUTIFULL, I COULDN’T WALK, SO WILL TOOK THE KIDS OUT OF THE VAN AND WENT TO TAKE PICTURES, IT WAS BREATH TAKING!!!
FROM THERE WE WENT TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO EAT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL STARVING, SO WE FOUND A PIZZA SHOP IN ANOTHER LITTLE TOWN, SO WILL CARRIED ME TO ONE OF THEIR PATIO CHAIRS SO WE COULD EAT OUTSIDE. THAT WAS SWEET HUH? LOL HERE COMES ANOTHER FUNNY THING, SO AFTER WE’RE DONE EATING KEIRA DECIDES THAT WE ARE ALL GOING TO PLAY “DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE”, SO SHE STARTS, THEY ALL PLAY A ROUND AND WHEN JOSHUA HITS GOOSE ON WILL, THEY START CHASING AND RUNNING, AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES, WILL MAKES IT TO A CHAIR, AND HE’S RUNNING AND THROWS HIS WEIGHT DOWN ON IT, AND WE ALL HEAR A LOUD “CRACK, CRAK” AND DOWN WENT WILL WITH THE CHAIR, FLAT TO THE FLOOR, HA HA HA, EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING, WILL DIDN’T GET HURT, BUT HE WAS LAUGHING TOO, IT WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!
FROM THERE WE DROVE HOME, GOT PIJAMAS, AND BLANKETS, AND HEADED TO THE DRIVE IN. WE WENT AND BOUGHT 1 BUCKET OF KFC, AND HAD A PICNIC IN THE VAN, WHILE WATCHING SHREK3 AND BLADES OF GLORY.
WE GOT HOME, AND IT WAS A NICE TO JUST SIT!!! WILL CARRIED ME UP THE STAIRS, LOL. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WEEKEND!
WILL WITH THE CATERPILLAR
THE KIDS WITH THE VIEW
PAPA RUNNING FOR HIS DADDY
THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW
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