Day 0

Well we left the house pretty much on time, and made our way to Charleston WV. Stella and Elijah both did very well for the first leg of the trip. Elijah pretty much played his DS and Stella looked out the window and then took a nap.

After about 2 1/2 hours we arrived at Clay Center. Very similar to last time we were there. But it was prefect place to eat lunch and stretch our legs and let the kids burn off some energy.

Ate lunch at the cafe, not the greatest but good enough
And then saw some of the exhibits.
Upside down mirror

Of course plenty of water exhibits.

A little play/building area for the little ones.


A strong magnetic board

Super Strong Elijah!

A cool jungle gym type room


"Uhh the Kids seem un-happy. Add more Balls!" -Worker from Itchy and Scratchy Land.


And of course the Health "Hollywood" Squares Game.

We left the Clay Center at 3:30(right on time) and hit the road. The next stop is somewhere in Whytheville to eat dinner.

Thanks to a gift card from Teddy(from Christmas), we decide to hit Applebees.. Mmm mmm Eating good in the neighborhood.

From that point on we hit the road again, and finally get to our hotel in Statesville. Stayed at the Best Western. Not great not horrible. The only problem is it was kinda small, and Stella wanted to get into everything. Of course my germ-a-phobe wife was cringing at everything she touched. Anyway it was a small room, so when Stella decided to goto sleep. 9:30pm so did we.