The Hedges: Knott's Berry Farm

Monday, December 20, 2010

Knott's Berry Farm

November 5th

As we mentioned in the last post, Matt's grandma surprised us with a trip to Knotts Berry Farm the day after we went to Disneyland in November. Matt hadn't been since he was little and it was the first trip for Jayna and our kids. It was a very pleasant surprise! They had tons of fun rides for the kids and had tons of roller coasters too. We didn't get a chance to go on any of the roller coasters, although Shaylin surprised us by quickly agreeing to go on one of the big roller coasters with Matt and walking right over to it with him. Unfortunately she didn't meet the height requirement so she didn't get to go, but it appears we have at least one little girl with no fear (Emmalyn will probably be the same way by the time she turns 4). There were no lines at all and the girls got to go on 13 rides, see a farm show, walk through a little bridge and cave, and stop for lunch. And we could have fit a lot more in but we left a little early because the girls were a little tired from their back to back days at the parks.

We had so much fun that we've decided that we're going to make Knott's Berry Farm a regular stop when we go to California now too.

Shaylin walking to the entrance with Grandma Hedges and Grandma Olsen...

Our poor deprived girls had never seen Charlie Brown and didn't know who Snoopy was until we got there, but they quickly warmed up to him. Shaylin warmed up a little quicker then Emmalyn, which is why Emmalyn wasn't willing to get in this picture...

The first ride the girl's went on was called Woodstock's Airmail and was basically a miniature version of the tower of terror ride. It would take the kids up about 20 feet and then drop them. To our surprise they both loved it. They went on it twice before we had to pull them away from it so that we could try some of the other rides.

Grandma Olsen, Shaylin, Bronson, Grandma Hedges (Matt's mom), Emmalyn, and Jayna at the farm show...

The group again at the farm show, this time with Matt in the picture...

The Red Baron ride was fun for the girls since they got to go on it by themselves and move the plane up and down...

'Joe Cool's Gr8 Sk8' ride was a big skateboard that was on a track that would tilt back and forth and the skateboard would speed from one side to the other and then stop abruptly...

The girls loved Charlie Brown Speedway...

The girls inside the little cave...

The girls on the Rocky Road Truckin' Company ride...

The also had a full size train there that we all got to ride called the 'Calico Railroad.' Grandma Olsen took this picture of one of the guys before we left...