Great deals make a vacation even better!

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We left home bright and early Sunday morning and drove to Scotland, VA where we boarded a ferry. We took the ferry across the James River and entered Williamsburg, VA. A few minutes later we drove through the entrance of Busch Gardens! We had an absolute blast riding roller coasters, kiddie rides, the sky lift, and Dylan's favorite - the train (really a glorified trolley.) Later that night, we saw Chris Tomlin in concert (which was incredible, by the way)! So far our vacation has been super busy but we are enjoying every minute!

Me and my sweeties on the ferry.

Today I am thankful for the great deals we've come across so far on our trip. Can you believe that the ferry that took our family and our jeep across the James River was free? FREE! I'm not joking. That is a rare word these days!  We also discovered a fabulous deal with our Busch Gardens tickets. We decided to visit Busch Gardens because we wanted to see Chris Tomlin in concert, so we bought the theme park tickets and got the concert for free. Those tickets also get us into Water Country USA and free parking at both places. We were very pleased when we found this deal several months ago and pre-ordered the tickets. But yesterday, when we were looking more closely at the tickets, we realized that they are for unlimited entry into Busch Gardens and Water Country USA with free parking for an entire week. The price we paid was really great before we made this new discovery but now I feel like we stole the tickets! So, since we have unlimited tickets to Busch Gardens, we went back today. Bryan was able to ride some more roller coasters and Dylan was so excited to ride the train again plus the kid-friendly roller coaster. He also got to meet Big Bird and ride some of the "big boy" rides with his daddy! Evan and I enjoyed the sky lift, the breezy train rides and spending time together.

The boys waiting on Daddy to finish riding a roller coaster at
Busch Gardens. They are having so much fun.

So far, this has been an outstanding trip. All of these great deals have made it even better! I am so excited for the rest of our week in Williamsburg, VA. What a sweet blessing it is to have so much with my family! God is so good to me!

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