Goldfield Ghost Town

While Sherrie and the kids were here we spent part of the day at Goldfield Ghost Town. The older boys were in school, but we let Ethan out to go with us. Its only about 30 minutes away and the kids had a lot of fun and the weather was perfect.

We started off our visit by panning for gold.

The kids did a great job and they all came away with 2 little bottles of gold and other precious rocks and gems. They were really concentrating on getting all of the good stuff out.

Then we went up to the Saloon for lunch. I have to admit the food was only so-so, but the kids loved the decor and the guys singing was totally worth it. We didn’t realize until about half way through lunch it was a live singer out on the patio, he was that good.

The view on the patio wasn’t bad either.

Next we spent some time exploring the town and stores.

Our last stop of the day was the Mine. Its a cute little tour. It was informative,short and perfect for the kids attention span.

They have a really LOUD whistle they blow when a mine tour is starting as we were taking a few last shots it went off as you can see the kids didn’t really like it.

Pack Meeting

Tonight at Pack Meeting Ethan got his Bear Award and 1 gold and 2 silver arrow points.

Part of the rite of passage to get he bear award is to “fight the bear”, He managed to defeat the bear and only lost both shoes in the process:)

After fighting the bear he earned his award and pinned the mothers pin on me.

As one of the electives he did to earn one of those arrow points he performed a magic trick at pack meeting. Doesn’t he looked so excited to be doing it.

We are so proud of Ethan and all his hard work in scouts. I can’t believe he is almost a webelos.

Amazing Jakes

While Sherrie was here we spent one afternoon at Amazing Jakes. This is the second time I have been here and I have to say I am still not convinced that it is worth the money. The food is only OK and we kept having to wait for them to put it out on the buffet. But the kids had a blast and that is what matters. We even surprised Zachary and picked him up at lunch to come with us. (Ethan was already home)