Tuesday, December 29th - Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

It's been a whirlwind few days but we are now all home, safe and sound and back to reality. The real world was evident the second we crossed the Confederation Bridge. There had been snow in Maine and New Brunswick, but the roads where clear and driving was great. However, once across the bridge, we were reminded that this is indeed December and winter was officially here. The roads home were pretty crumbly, but we were grateful to only have that tiny bit of the trip that was nasty.

By all accounts, I think everyone had a great time. Even Tristen, who really didn't want to go, and wanted only to stay home, when asked if the trip was okay afterall, he replied, no it wasn't okay, it was perfect!  Can't get much better than that.

Here are some photos we took at Busch Gardens on Christmas Eve. We were surprised to see so many people there on the night before Christmas. Some of the rides were in service but most were closed. The biggest attractions were the Christmas displays and the millions of lights!

 The Scottish connection (now that you're 15,  it's not cool to smile in photos!)

 

Getting into the Christmas Spririt

 Tristen took exception to the Canadian display of all old time mining and pioneer times. He went up to one of the booths and asked if they thought this was what Canada was all about?   Not sure how the attendant reacted...

 Beautifully decorated trees were everywhere!

 Only the brave of the group went on the roller coaster - but not grandma! - 

But I did go on the bumper cars with Tristen.

 An extremely well lit tree - literally thousands of lights on one real tree

 Close up of the same tree

Check back tomorrow for more photos of our visit to Colonial Williamsburg on Christmas day