Story Land

Yesterday we took a headed to northern NH to Story Land. I remembered going when I was a kid and was really excited to be able to take David. We met up with the Stack's early in the morning, got our coffee, and headed out. It was overcast but all weather reports said the rain would hold off until the afternoon. The rain started halfway during our trip. I was confused because nothing said that we would get all that rain. We even heard a weather report on the radio station for the White Mountain Region that said "Partly sunny in the morning and possible thunder storms into the afternoon". Hmmm...if it is partly sunny while pouring down rain I would hate to know what that weather guy's thunder storms would be...a monsoon maybe?

Well, we got to the park and the rain still coming down pretty steady, but we had some umbrellas and had made the 2.5 hour drive and there was NO way it was going to keep up...the weather said so, right?! So we bought are tickets and headed into the park. We took David out to measure his height so we would have an idea for the different rides - he's about 33 inches tall. As soon as we took him out of the stroller he was off. He ran over to a big tree fort with a slide. He and Brady had so much fun running around.

As we looked at the sky, we decided it probably wasn't going to let up anytime soon and decided to join the rest of the crowd and purchase our own bright yellow Story Land Poncho's. We were styling now, but at least it meant we didn't have to carry around the umbrellas anymore!

After the tree house we made it over to another play area that had a place filled with plastic balls. I think if we left it up to David and Brady we would have spent the whole day there, but since there was a huge park to see, we had to drag the boys out move on. Next was the Mad Hatter Tea Cup ride which David ran to get onto. I wasn't sure if he was going to like a ride like that but as soon as it started his face was grinning from ear to ear. He got real upset when we had to get off the ride. I had to explain that there we many more rides to be seen!



After that David went on the Carousel, a Swan Boat Ride, a Train ride that encompassed the entire park, a giant Whale that moved up and down, and the Antique cars. We had wanted to see the circus but by 1:30 we were soaked and cold, poor David's lips were turning blue. The poncho was pretty big on David and after a while he was getting frustrated so we took it off.



We just couldn't stay any longer. We made a quick stop at the souvenir shop and to take a picture by the sign and it was time to go. Erica and I decided it would be worth a shot to see if they would give us a voucher to return since the entire day was a washout. Well, ask and ye shall receive! We may just take another trip on a nicer day since we know David would have fun and it would be free for us!


Even though we were soaked, cold and tired we had a great time. I only wish the ride home were as painless as the ride up though. Route 16 is not fun on a Sunday afternoon and next time we'll seek an alternate route because FOUR hours to get back to Plaistow.