Family Fun Day Monday

We did a joint Family Fun day this President's Day. We went downtown with the O Family (Brian, Sharon, Josh and Ian) and saw Ripleys Odditorium, The Wax Museum, Rainforest Cafe and ended with the Mirror Maze.

Ripley's was awesome as usual. There were two attractions that all of us really liked. First was the Titanic section. They had a container of freezing water and the challenge was to see how long you could keep your hand submerged. Brian lasted a whole 14 seconds. It is amazing to think people stayed in that water for hours. The second thing was an illusion tunnel. (Unfortunately it doesn't transfer to film well.) So basically it is a tunnel that spins with a walk way through it. Of course they add black lights and crazy paint for affect. It was impossible to walk through it straight. I think we all stayed there for about 10 minutes. We just kept going back through. Brian thinks it would be an awesome Halloween project. I think we may have to try that. Of course there were other cool things to see there, but I won't drone on.

Next we wandered over to the wax museum. The young lady at the ticket counter was having a stellar day. Let's just say that "friendly" wasn't in he vocabulary, so of course I had to make a few comments. They may have been within earshot......I'm not sure. She couldn't dampen our spirits! Seeing the wax statues was really neat. Do the look like the celebrities they are supposed to represent. Nah, I don't really think so, but it was fun all the same. Somehow Sharon managed to escape a single picture in the wax museum. Shame on her!

After the museum, we were starving so went wandered over to the Rainforest Cafe. One of our favorites. It was a lot of fun and I think everyone chair danced at some point during our meal. (the beat of the music is infectious. I say that no one knows you and will never see you again so do a little seated dancing. It's good for your soul)

Last but not least, we headed to the Mirror Maze. (By this time I think Brian was pooped.) For anyone who has never done something like this before, you MUST try it! The maze was so much fun. You can really get turned around in there. It is near dark with mirrors everywhere and the illusions are insane. Even better, after you do it once, they hand you 3-D glasses and you do it all over again. It puts a whole new spin on things. I will say I walked into a mirror at least once!

So, there are a hundred pictures I could attach, but I tried to narrow it down so you all didn't get to bored. All in all, and awesome family fun day!