Knoebels Visit

This past Monday we decided to venture to Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA.  It took us about 2 hours to drive there from our home and it was a beautiful drive up through the mountains and didn't seem like it took that long to get there.

We chose to purchase the Pay One Price all day wrist band ($36 for 48" and over and $23 for under 48").

Once we arrived at the park we sat down and looked at the map to figure out what the boys wanted to ride.  I love how family friendly this park is.  There are a ton of kids rides and also family type rides.  There are a few thrill seeker rides but the emphasis is definitely on families here which I appreciate.  The park is mostly shaded with mature trees all over.  The kids had a blast riding all the rides.  We got lunch after some rides and I was very pleased with the prices...it's standard amusement park food but the prices won't break the bank

The sun got really hot that day so we also decided to visit the Crystal Pool ($7 admission for adults, $5 for ages 11 and under).  We didn't take advantage of the slides that day just the kids splash ground and the big pool.  The water was COLD but the boys didn't seem to mind at all, what kid does right?  After playing around in the pool for an hour or so we decided to get dressed and do a few rides we had missed earlier.

All in All I really really enjoyed this park and will visit again next summer, or possibly for their Halloween Weekends (Who doesn't love the mountains in the fall?  Crisp air, beautiful leaves).  Next time we would love to check out the adjacent campground and stay for a day or two and just have a relaxed time at the park and pool.

Have you ever been to Knoebels?  What is your favorite free admission amusment park?

Officially a Princess in Training

Well it's official, I said in my first post I ever wrote on this blog that I was in training for my first half marathon in Disney World in 2015, well yesterday at 12:35pm that became a reality.  As I anxiously sat on the computer watching the minutes tick away to the registration opening at noon I sat there thinking about how this goal was going to become a reality.  I said a few years ago that I had a bucket list item of running in the Princess Half Marathon by the time I turned 40, well at the time of the race I will officially be 38.

The clock struck 12, I reloaded the runDisney website to be able to register and that is where the stress began.  When you sign up for a runDisney race they use active.com for the registration.  Well apparently active was not feeling very magical yesterday.  I, as I know many others did as well, had a heck of a time registering between error messages and having to refill out the same forms over and over again.  It took over half an hour to register for the half but it's finally done!

According the the runDisney twitter account the Glass Slipper Challenge (10K and Half Marathon) sold out in right around 2 hours and the Half Marathon Sold out in about 6 hours.  Crazy to think that these races have become so popular that you have to register as soon as it opens and it's become akin to the craziness of getting the latest concert tickets.

So my friends today was the first full day of my journey to Princess Half 2015, and how did I spend it?  Dropped the boys off at VBS camp from 9am - 12pm and went for a 30 min run.  Well according to the Runkeeper app on my phone I ran a total of 35 min and 21 seconds for a distance of 2.79 miles.  Not to shabby. I plan to follow the training programs they have on the runDisney website, 2 maintenance runs a week and a distance run on Saturday.

My next race is scheduled for October 18th at the Runner's World Festival.  I will be running the 10K so that I have an official time to submit for corral placement in the half.  Hopefully it will be a good race day and it will help me to not be in the last corral!

Till next time friends, Take Care