Trip Answers: Part 1

So, I realized I never updated with the Trip Guessing Game answers. This Fall was a crazy one...and it steamrolled right into Winter! Some of these had quite a few pictures, so I've broken it into two posts. Here are the answers for 1-4:

1. Ghana, Africa - Village of Hope
   In July, I went with a group from Prestoncrest to the Village of Hope, a Children's Home and school in Ghana. While there, we worked in the school, helped paint the medical clinic, visited Elmina Castle and a canopy walkway in Kakum National Park, and mostly, had lots of fun with our Ghanaian friends.
   
   
   
   Hanging out with Eunace and "Rachel"
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Liz gets a lesson in carrying water.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Before any good painting job, lots of scraping!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   High above the trees on the canopy walk.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Learning new games with new friends.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Another avid reader and Harry Potter fan!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Iowa State Fair
   Although a bit smaller than the one in Texas, Iowa's annual agricultural exhibition is a notable event in its own right. With some impressive buildings, lots of ag and textile exhibits, and great fair food, Iowa has everything you need for a great state fair. So much so, this was the inspiration for Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "State Fair."
   
   
   
   Cheese on a Stick outside the Grandstands.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Corn. Lots, and lots, and lots of corn.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Texas does fried food. In Iowa, it is all "on a stick." Including hardboiled eggs!
   
   
   
   
   
   Texas tourism campaign visited the fair, too. We didn't do so bad on the Texas quiz :)
   
   
   
   
3. Corpus Christi, TX
   We joined Diane, Mike, Brenda, Cailyn, and Andrew down in Corpus for a summer beach weekend. Ocean time, playdough fun, and very fresh shrimp made for a great trip. Mom, Dad, and I also explored some of the historic houses in downtown.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Denver, CO
   SWA girls tackle the Colorado mountains and Rockies baseball! Sarah, Liz and I had a great September weekend in Denver. We stayed with Sarah's friends Matt and Nikki in their awesome mountain house outside of the city. Our adventures included some great pizza in Boulder (location of Colorado School of Mines, aka. the MIT of the West due to its impressive Engineering programs), a trek up Mount Evans- via car :) and a Colorado Rockies game.
   
   
   
   
   We all had a great "Picky Nikki" breakfast - named for Sarah's friend!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   We did hike the few feet from the parking lot to the sign, great views!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Coors Field and a Rockies win!






#5-7 coming up next!