Bucket List

There were a few things we wanted to do one last time before moving, most notable (i.e. photoworthy)
were:

Ride the tram to the top of the mountain.
This actually falls into the category of doing it for the first time, but it was something we didn't want to leave without ever doing. After riding to the top, we hiked around a bit before it started raining and we all just got too cold. We ate dinner at the restaurant at the bottom after coming back down. The kids were excited to run into their PE teacher at the restaurant. We actually see him quite a bit outside of school. He's a great guy and one of the reasons that I will miss their school!

Chase a balloon.

Labor Day turned out to be a great balloon day, so we got in the car to see if we could chase one down. The one we got ended up landing on a golf course! It was on the driving range, and the chase crew managed to pull it far enough out into the range that no one would be able to hit that far, thus driving range activities could continue on as normal. When I was a kid, my grandparents had a cabin that was right on a golf course. My cousins and I would run out and play on the green when no one was there, but once some golfers caught us. I imagine that is why I had such a hard time walking around on that golf course to help pack up the balloon! 

Go to Cliff's.

This one also falls into the "first and only" category. Jonah was begging to go last summer but we didn't and then at the end of the school year when he got a coupon for the place, he started asking again. It's just a little amusement park in the middle of the city, but we did have a good time. Jonah seems to really love amusement parks, but isn't a fan of rides with any sort of drop in them, but he did like some of the pretty tall water slides, so who knows! These swings were Jonah's favorite. Skyler rode on the big roller coaster. He was hesitant at first and said he did not like it when he was done, but when I went to go on it later, he came with me and then wanted to go for a third time after that! We didn't end up going the third time because Jordan and I both needed some "recovery" time (it's a rickety old wooden coaster) and they had closed the ride for the night by the time we did make it back. Oliver is the biggest daredevil and was eager to go on everything he was big enough for (which was most things, actually). He loved the crazy (wild?) mouse coaster.