Hello!
This summer Jack and I have decided to do an “outing” to a local/Iowa destination that we have not been to before or have not been to for a long time. Can you guess where we went last week?
Does this help?
Well, this will give it away!
If you still haven’t guessed, Jack and I headed to the Botanical Gardens in DesMoines! Jack was in charge of picking the place, the tour (using the map) and taking some pictures!
When we first started our tour, we were taken by the SIZE of the plants and leaves. They were crazy HUGE!!
While walking around, Jack and I felt like miniature people walking through a jungle. It was amazing!! Even this shovel was larger than us!
We headed to the outside gardens to check out these trees. Jack took this picture…love the view he decided to take of it!
This is the same tree!
What? We were actually looking at the Bonsai trees! Jack loved how the trees looked like full grown trees, just miniature versions. There was one that was over a 100 years old!
We continued our outside walk, finding a wonderful waterfall. It was so nice and cool underneath it and very loud!! We sat there for some time.
There was an area for home ideas and we decided that this little nook would be awesome to have in our yard.
After the Botanical Center, we walked down to the Robert Ray Asian Gardens. Jack was amazed by the building and statues around this fun little area.
Jack found his “sign”, the rooster, at the zodiac walk.
I am always amazed to find a rock that is heart shaped. Start looking…they are everywhere! Yes, I know this one was probably “made” this way.
Since we were downtown, a trip to the t-shirt shop Raygun and Mars Cafe for Thelma’s ice cream, was on the menu!
Our first fun outing for the summer was a success! We don’t put a “time-limit” on our trips..some have been an hour, some have been all night (hmmmm…) Stop back next week to see what Jack planned as his next adventure!
PS…Sam is always invited, but this is the summer of football, working and of course, friends!! 🙂