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Light Show

Light Show

Mile: 114,720 Fall is in the air! Off to Kelly’s Creamery and Food Truck. Alejandra and Jackson got to d on little Pokémon trading on the way. Once there they became bocce ball masters while we were waiting for our grub. Jackson loved his mozzarella…

Redeem Birthday Gift Card

Redeem Birthday Gift Card

Mile: 114,685 Action Jackson had a gift card to redeem at his favorite toy store, Nordica Toys. They have new owners and a new layout so he had to take a little longer than usual to check everything out. When all was said and done…

Dig Some Dirt

Dig Some Dirt

Mile: 114,670

One of the things that Jackson has REALLY become interested in this year is actual diggers. We had a little mishap with a contractor dumping some dirt in the wrong place so Jackson to the rescue. He kicked some butt moving the material where it needed to go and is always ready to help!

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Beat the Rain!

Beat the Rain!

Mile: 114,620 We have had quite the summer of RAIN! It seems like every single day it rains. This has significantly cut down on our adventures as Ole Red is Ole Slippery when it’s wet out. We found a break in the weather pattern for…

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

Mile: 114,605 Well we are kind of cheating on you in this adventure. The ground was a little wet so we took our regular truck! First, welcome to our adventures ELLA! Ella is an 8 month old German Shepherd mix who is FULL of energy…

Get In My Belly!

Get In My Belly!

Mile: 114,580

We have a newer ice cream in shop downtown called Grass Roots Ice Cream. After dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, La Piccolina, we headed over. Before we get to the ice cream he loves his pasta at La Piccolina. They had make penne pasta and they have fresh ground Parmesan cheese. His favorite saying is, “More cheese please!”

He always makes sure to leave just enough room for a little ice cream.

This time he went topping free but with an extra scoop. I can;t remember the flavor because he has been swiping it up lately. Needless to say, he enjoyed it!

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Goshen Fair

Goshen Fair

Mile: 114,550 It’s fair season! Off to the Goshen Fair up in Goshen, Connecticut. We made sure to get up there a little early to beat the heat … which we sorta did. Heather got her apple crisp which she loves. Jackson got his slushies…

Birthday

Birthday

Mile: 114,510 It was Action Jackson’s birthday recently. Every SUnday we drive down to the local Dunkin Donuts and Jackson hangs with his bud “uncle” Larry. Uncle Larry used to work with my dad many decades ago and him and Jackson have bonded over donuts…

Cape Cod

Cape Cod

Mile: Many

We have started a new tradition the last couple years where we get away to Cape Cod before Action Jackson reports for duty back at school. It is also his birthday so he enjoys finding little things there.

We started out by staying in Falmouth. Action Jackson had never been to Plymouth Rock before so we showed him the Mayflower recreation and the good ole rock itself. Go figure … there was a chocolate and ice cream shop directly underneath our room! Heaven indeed!

Then we ventured off to Dennis Port for the second leg of our trip. Heather got in some retail therapy, Jackson found some Bruder trucks and construction equipment and I got to fill my belly with ha bunch of seafood. A little something for everyone.

We got to see a really cool old village so Jackson could see what life was like before plumbing and electricity. We even got to a grist mill where he got to make flour out of corn. Not sure he would be cutout for that long term!

The weather was a little stormy so we made the best of it and got Jackson a kite. Boy did he get it up there. No hotels were harmed in the making of his kite adventure.

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Dutchess County Fair

Dutchess County Fair

Mile: 114,470 So anyone who knows us knows fairs are our thing with Action Jackson loving them. We went to a fair that NONE of us had ever been to before … the Dutchess County Fair. We have to say this is by far our…