A few weeks ago I took the kids on a roadtrip with my friend Jill and her kids Maggie and Will. We headed to Pennsylvania to visit Sue who had recently moved down there.

We borrowed Jill’s mom’s Tahoe to drive down together. The kids lucked out with the onboard DVD player and movies!

It only took a couple hours to get there and they were pretty good.

The first place we visited (after lunch at Sue’s house) was Penn’s Cave. We did the underground boat ride and animal safari tour there.

The cave stays a constant 50 degrees year round and it felt good as a break from the summer heat. Wouldn’t want to fall in the water though it was SO cold!

Inside the cave was beautiful, we got to see all the neat formations. There were some lights in places and other parts were pitch black.

Coming out of the other side of the cave.

The kids did REALLY well, I wasn’t sure if they’d be scared but they did great.

Next we set out on a safari bus to see the animals in the preserve.

Deer came up for some treats from our bus driver.

“MOO COWS!” Cassidy shouted.

Some of the wolves even came out to get treats too.

Ben said the wolves were his favorite part. He also said we were in Jurassic Park because the gates to each section opened and closed behind us like they do in the movie. Ominous!

After Penn’s Cave we relaxed for the evening at Sue’s house.

It happened to be Cassidy’s birthday while we were gone. We had her party the weekend before but wanted to celebrate that night too. She got a birthday cookie with three candles.

The next day we headed to Penn State for the Kids’ Festival. Sue is BIG into Penn State! I giggled when I saw her garbage cans and grill propane tank boasted team spirit too.

The festival was really neat, there were tons of art, technology and science themed activities for kids to play with.

Grumpy Cassidy. (She had fun, but she was just done here).

Figuring out where to go next.

Will enjoyed the sprinklers and dumping water buckets. He was the first one to go in, I loved that his boldness encouraged the other kids to try it too.

Lots of vendor booths and fun things to see too.

Sue! I realized I have this whole post about our trip to visit her and this is one of the only pictures I took of her. Also, sporting Penn State colors ;-)

The kids exploring the squishy cornstarch flubber stuff.

Ben saying goodbye to Sue’s neighbor’s cat. He was super friendly and wanted to come home with us.

It was a short trip but we had such a fun time! I think one of the highlights for me was when the kids were catching fireflies in Sue’s backyard (no pictures, I actually just enjoyed the moment!) Jill you’re an awesome roadtrip buddy :) And Sue, we missed you, thanks for letting us come visit!