DAY 3 PART 2: 12/4- BUSCH GARDENS
First of all thank you for all your kind words and understanding. My aunt will be sorely missed, but I am at peace knowing she is reunited with my late uncle, and that she also passed peacefully with no suffering.
Between that and work and my theatre company I have been going non stop! But I am determined to finished this report by Friday, Saturday at the latest!
Let’s continue on shall we?
Since the wheelchair broke, upon getting to the park my aunt T went with my mom to rent a wheelchair while mom picked up her
scooter. We headed out into the park towards the right this time and saw some of the animals. One of the gorgeous Clydesdales were out today.
We then made our way into New France (Canada) to do pottery! My mom and aunts used to do ceramics and paint otters for years until the woman retired and moved. She ran it out of her furnished basement as a side business! So we wanted to paint.
This ice skater decor was outside France but I loved this picture in the light so I’m putting it here!
My mom (and aunt T after my mom got tired) and I made matching nutcrackers and my aunt L painted a gnome. My dad went to the woodcraft shop and got a cool holiday themed wood piece! He also got some Wassail (a spiked cider) while we were painting.
We were there for a couple of hours and then decided we were hungry. At this point I also realized I hadn’t ridden any rides! So my dad, aunt L and mom went to get foot from New France and my aunt L and I went with my grandmother to a heated seating area. They eventually made it back with the food and usually New France is a hit! It’s barbecue but smoked bbq like you’d find in Memphis. So think brisket and chicken and ribs. I can tell you the sides were delicious as was the apple crisp. But the meal as a whole left much to be desired. We wondered if it was just a holiday menu as it’s very rare New France misses with food.
We admitted defeat and my grandma mentioned seeing a clock the day before in Germany she wanted to purchase. Which is where the last part of the title comes in. For some reason shipping it home was not an option and thus started my dad, aunt T and I hauling it around BGW that we started making jokes about it
After this we decided to take pictures in front of the Christmas tree in Germany and we didn’t realize that it was part of a light show!
We waited and then got some pictures thanks to some awesome humans. Then I went to try and get the spirit jersey I saw the day before. Let’s just say the entrance into
Das Festhaus (the beer hall) was a mile long and snaking around a queue to the side a la Howl O Scream. So my mom said to send her a link and I can open it on Xmas
After that we trekked back to New France to ride the train to see the lights around the park!
It was cold,
So very
Very
COLD
but WORTH IT!
Absolutely stunning displays. It’s a shame no camera (unless expertly used like Craig and Ryno) would do these lights justice. It was also so much fun to see everyone wave at everyone as we passed the railroad crossings, and their skyliner buckets trimmed in lights ascending to the sky was brilliant.
POMPEII in all her (waterless for the winter) glory!
After the train ride we decided to try and get some treats and head out but we discovered the lines were super long! I don’t think I’ve ever seen the lines at BG this long! We admitted defeat and walked around some more. We bahhhed with some sheep and rams and then took it all in.
We left and headed to Dunkin before heading back to the hotel to pack.
HOWEVER much as we love our little one, she was not happy with us. While we remembered to put all the garbages high up so she wouldn’t get to them, we left some of our freshly purchased outlet bags organized neatly against the wall. Well let’s just say the plastic bag a purchase of mine was in was on top of a michael Kors bag on the floor and I came in to see it (not the merch though that she oddly avoided) ripped to shreds and michael kors related stuff everywhere. I was more worried that she may have swallowed a piece of the plastic bag that I immediately checked her teeth and took the merch out of the bag and put the bag back together so to speak and we were sure she didn’t eat it. We couldn’t blame her, and that was on us for leaving it on the floor. We looked around for more damage and realized she just tore that up, ate and slept and played with her toys. Now we know what to do in the future, and that she clearly was less anxious in the hotel, it cemented our decision to let her stay in the hotel and not the kennel as the day before proved messy. She is totally fine now. No issues physical or emotional. But it was still scary and I kept blaming myself.
After that we took her out and packed and showered and went to bed.