A Weekend of Firsts

Labor Day officially ends the summer in my eyes. After Labor Day, its time to get in the mindset of fall, and everything it brings – school, colder temps and pumpkin lattes, to name a few. Since this was the last weekend of summer, I knew that we had to make it one to remember. So instead of wasting the weekend, we got out, got active and had a blast.

The zip line is something that I have wanted to do since it popped up in the Poconos.

I wimped out and went for the 1000 foot zip line instead of the new 4000 foot one, but had a blast anyway. Tommy and I were feeling pretty confident about the smaller zip line until we stepped up to the edge of the platform.

I had this grand plan of jumping off the platform, but yea, that didn’t happen.

We slowly stepped off the platform and held on tight as we zoomed through the air. After getting off, we wanted to run back to the ticket booth and sign up for the 4000 footer, but we had other plans for the afternoon…kayaking!

We did a three mile course on the Delaware River. Since we didn’t get there until the afternoon, the only course we could do was the three mile one, but it was waaay too short. Going for the longest course next time.

The weather was absolutely perfect for a trip down the river. The sun was high in the sky and we meandered down the river, taking in the last rays of sun.

As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one day, we decided that Munchkin and my parents needed to get out of the house too. When we got home we announced that they had one hour to be ready and off we went to mini golf.

It was Munchkin’s first time playing golf and even though he kept calling it baseball, I’m pretty sure he had a good time.

Once we finished our 18 holes, more like 30 for Munchkin because he kept replaying the hole in which you have to hit the ball into a tunnel and have it come out on the other side, we packed back into the car to head home. On our drive, we noticed a Ferris Wheel in the distance, and decided to check it out.

Little did we know, we stumbled upon our first real country fair – The West End Fair. Coming from NYC, it was strange and interesting at the same time. You could literally buy anything you could need there, from tractors to hunting gear to headstones, yes headstones. There were actually two headstone vendors at the fair, which I found to be soo strange. We also got to peek into the tractor pull and Munchkin got to go on a few rides.

Overall, our day was a blast. We definitely took advantage of the weather, because the next two days of the weekend, we were cooped up inside because of the rain. Thank you, Issac…not!

How did you celebrate the last weekend of summer?