Sunday - Parque Diversiones

This weekend was a total whirlwind. As you can see from our Saturday we had a full day. But - the holy Sabbath - the day of rest - was not to be outdone by some sorry excuse of a day like Saturday. So in out best effort to completely overdo our weekend we put our game faces on and headed out to Parque Diversiones...the local amusement park her in San Jose.

We got up and at'em a little late for true go-getters...seeing as the BBQ the night before went into extra innings....but we managed to meet our Friends, the JJs, at Bagelman's about 9. We trudged on outta there about 10 and headed over to the Park. It was easy to get there seeing as how it is like 10 mins from our house. We were pleased to see that admission was only $10 per person for unlimited rides...we were not so pleased to see that even Payton had to pay full price at a whopping 2 years old. At least it is not the ~$50 that Six Flags bends you over for these days...but at least Six Flags lets 2 year olds in for free. Anyway, we got in with no issue (again - all in Spanish) and immediately headed to the first kiddie ride we saw...the ferris wheel.

From there we progressed to roller coasters, truck driving and tea cups. As you can see from the truck driving ride...Kade appears to have yet another calling in life...a Scott toilet paper delivery man...rounding the list out to 5 impressive vocation possibilities. You may also notice that Rachel does not appear to be heading in that direction...not an altogether bad decision. Or maybe she does in fact want to be a trucker...but does not fully appreciate being in the passenger seat of a big rig....tough call.

Big news for the Libbinator and EESAYs though...as you can see...Kade and Rachel were getting awfully close...even holding hands at one point...I smell a problem brewing! I guess we will have to see what the JJ family has to offer...can they compete with Kentucky Royalty??? Hmmm...

While Jen and I were walking around the park we noticed that everything seemed (as is true with most everything in the Costa Rica) to be reminisce of the 1980's. Even the rides were more like cut-rate county fair rides more than the Six Flag kind. So we got into a conversation about amusement parks that we loved when we were kids. Oh the memories...Cha-Cha can confirm this one. Every year we used to head up to Agawam MA and ride the Cyclone and Black Widow at Riverside Amusement park. Apparently it has been bough out by Six Flags and a few new rides put in...but it still serves as some of my best childhood memories with the fambly. A heck of a lot better than "The Last Outpost" as I recall ;-)

I will leave you with a video collection of the kiddos on various rides...as you can see...it was pure torture for them ;-)