It’s that time of year for another Jonas Family tradition – the Maple Syrup Festival. Really, the main reason we go is for the all-you-can-eat pancakes and waffles, smothered in strawberries, blueberries, REAL maple syrup, ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate chips. Yummmm….. It still makes my mouth water even though I had them a couple of hours ago.

We had an absolutely great day for it – 75 degrees and sunny. That part was good. The bad part was that last weekend was 30 degrees. Which meant that nobody went last weekend, and EVERYBODY went this weekend.

The result being that we had to wait in line about 2 hours for those pancakes and waffles. But that’s ok, it was still worth it.

After stuffing ourselves, we walked around. Somebody there had this llama:

I thought Indigo was very brave to pet something that much bigger than she is.

Jade had a blast, but that’s because she was with her Daddy:

All in all, we had a really nice time.

And then it was time to leave. And then this happened:

Yep, stuck.

While we waited for help to arrive, the boys used the time to climb the steep hill they had been eyeing all day:

After a short time we were rescued and I rewarded our Good Samaritan a bar of soap:

Finally we were able to drive home. Jade was a bit tired:

Lots of fun, food, sun, long lines, difficulties, laughter, and sleep. You can bet we’ll be back next year!