It’s occurred to me that with all of my travel reviews and whatnot, I don’t actually talk about the ballparks we’ve visited this year. (This is the fact that came into my mind while I was sitting at the stadium yesterday, in the drizzle.) Given that several of these games have been courtesy of either Pathfinders for Autism or our local Autism Society chapter, it seems like a weird omission on my part. Continue reading
Review
On the Road – Busch Gardens Williamsburg
I know I promised this review on Friday – I’ve had a few things to keep me busy offline (least of which is a complicated schedule to squeeze in extra therapy for the Monster on Friday afternoon), and since I don’t generally post on Shabbat…
A week ago today, my family visited Busch Gardens, in Williamsburg, Virginia. We went primarily to go enjoy the Food and Wine Festival, but admittedly there was a coaster that we’d not yet riden at the park… Continue reading
On the Road – Water Country USA
This past weekend, we managed to hit both SeaWorld Entertainment parks in Williamsburg, Virginia – Water Country, USA and Busch Gardens. I’m going to cover these separately since a) they’re not attached, and b) we had different experiences at each.
(As I always state with reviews – I was not compensated in any fashion for this review. We paid for our own admission to the park.) Continue reading
On the Road – Sesame Place
As I mentioned yesterday, this weekend we managed to make a trek up to Pennsylvania for a trip to Sesame Place for a few hours of fun in the sun and a visit with Chica and Kelly.
(As I always state with reviews – I was not compensated in any fashion for this review. We paid for our own admission to the park.) Continue reading
On the Road – Six Flags America
My company, or at least my local division of it, has a couple of major recreational activities each year. We have a Halloween party to end all, where the kids are invited to come trick-or-treat around our office, and the employees have a major decorating contest with massive prizes. We have a formal holiday party that’s just to die for, and gets better every year. And we have the company summer picnic.
For the last several years, the picnic’s been at a local club where we could have a cookout, eat hard-shell crabs and go swimming. This year, as a change, the company picnic was at Six Flags America, down by Washington, DC. Continue reading
Making a Splash – The National Aquarium, Baltimore
Last night was Pathfinders for Autism‘s night at the National Aquarium, and we took the kids to go see the fishes.
The wife and I haven’t been to the aquarium in years. (We went there on one of our early dates, and then again after the Australia exhibit opened. On the other hand, as a child visiting Baltimore, my grandmother used to take us and it was one of my favorite places.) The biggest issues, normally, are the space – the National Aquarium can be a bit claustrophobic when it’s crowded – and the design of the space being not-quite-stroller-friendly. Continue reading
On the Road – Sesame Place (A Very Furry Christmas)
And before folks think I’ve lost total leave of my senses – yes, we went to Christmas at Sesame Place. That may seem odd for me (being that I’m Jewish and not inclined to ‘accommodating’ Christmas with my family), but…
Well, let me start off by putting credit where credit is due. Variety Philadelphia was responsible for this outing – they offer tickets to events for children with various disabilities, and Autism qualifies. So, if you’re in reach of Philadelphia, go to their site and look up the criteria for applying to get on their list for these and other events. Continue reading
If Found, Please Call
Going to the Please Touch Museum brings out our major issue when we’re in public – the fact that our Monster is a runner.
In specific, if we’re not really paying attention to what he’s doing, he’s liable to take off in any given direction. Even with us paying attention, there were times that he dashed off and it took us a few moments to lock on to where he’d disappeared to. Continue reading
On The Road – Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
Since summer is ending for the Monster after this weekend, we decided to take part of the weekend to do a mini-vacation.
Originally, we’d planned on taking the entire weekend to go away, but given how we’ve had issues previously with massive disruptions to his schedule and issues we had with finding a reasonably-priced hotel, we decided to knock it down to a single day trip. Continue reading