Jellystone Chicago

Yogi with our little blond boy and our little brunette boy.

We went camping this weekend and tried a Jellystone that's less than an hour from our house. So the drive was very easy. The boys had fun hiking, playing putt-putt, swimming, playing in the water where they "mine" for rocks. (This is one of those tourist-trap like activities where you have to pay for a bag of dirt covered rocks and your kid gets the pleasure if cleaning them off in the water. Our kids thankfully didn't need the store bought rocks.) The boys also meet Yogi, Boo-Boo and Cindy Bear. Ben started running up to Yogi and hugging his knees whenever he saw him. We went on Hay-less Hay rides where the boys were more interested in the tractor pulling our wagon than the Yogi Bear on the wagon. Ben found a nickle and a dime at separate times and was very possessive of them proclaiming "mine" with each. Ben and Neil also enjoyed the playground. They both went down a curly slide that was so tall it twisted around three times.

On one of the Hay-less Hay rides.

Mining for free.