Friday (12/8) Our last official day of vacation and in the parks. We got up bright and early and headed about 45 minutes southwest to Legoland. The boys were super excited to go back to this park and the adults were super excited that we wouldn't have to wait in line all day. We got there shortly after the park opened for the day and headed to Miniland to see all of the cities built out of legos since most of the rides weren't opened yet. The boys enjoyed the exhibit, especially the Star Wars part where you could push buttons and make the different parts of the exhibit move.
After playing for a while, we finally headed to the rides. We rode just about everything, some rides multiple times. There were no lines and we were able to get on and off everything super quick. Zak had a blast at this park, it was clearly his favorite of the trip. I think the Disney parks were just really overwhelming for him. His favorite ride was Project X, which was the fastest coaster in the park. We also really liked the Ninjago 4D ride and The Dragon. Our only disappointment for the day was that Coastersaurus was closed for refurbishments the whole week we were in Florida so we weren't able to ride it.
We stayed at Legoland pretty much from open to close. When the park closed, we made one more pass thru Miniland and then made the short walk to our car. We drove back to the time share and met up with my dad for a nice family dinner before we started to pack up for our departure. We were all really tired so it was another early night for us, after we finished all of the open wine of course.
Saturday (12/9) We were up bright and early to finish packing up and start the long drive home. There was a storm that hit the East coast so we decided to go the other route home, through GA, TN & KY. We were on the road by 10am after a quick stop to fuel up both the car and ourselves at Wawa (love their coffee & pretzels!) We were all pretty tired and honestly happy to be sitting for the day but also anxious to get home. We got this crazy idea that we would try to drive all night and get home so we wouldn't have to drive at all tomorrow. We made great time all day, making quick bathroom stops, eating in the car and not hitting any traffic. But then around 8pm, we started getting texts and messages from people here in OH telling us the roads were bad. And we checked the weather and saw that there was snow and ice forecast for our route all night. So we made it just north of Knoxville and found a place to stay for the night. We were all kind of bummed but it was for the best. And we only had 5 hours of driving left so we would still be home at a decent hour tomorrow.
Sunday (12/10) We were all up bright and early and ready to hit the road back home. We grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and headed out. We made great time on the remaining drive and the boys did great. It is really so much easier traveling with them now that they are older! We are really proud of them and how well they did all four days of traveling! And we of course had our elf for the drive back home. His "hiding" place on the last day shows how we all feel about still being on the road!
We got home about 3pm and we were all super excited to be there...until we got in and realized our heat was off and it was like 40 degrees in our house. We bundled up, turned on the heat and unloaded the car. We ordered Jets pizza for dinner and just had a relaxing night hanging out at home and getting ready to head back to reality tomorrow. I did get started on my giant pile of laundry, but didn't do too much. Just enough to get us started on our week. It was a great vacation, one we will all remember forever. And we were all sad to see it end.
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