Last weekend we went to Clifton Mill, Clifton Gorge, and Young's Dairy Farm (for a pumpkin fair) with Amanda's family. The scenery was breathtaking at both Clifton locations (check out the pictures from my phone), and it was great to be outside and walking around in the cool air.
The Dairy Farm was fun too. We had a tasty lunch at the restaurant there. Lucas and I navigated through a corn maze (picture below). The girls got to ride in a little airplane ride that was pulled by a tractor. We also ate some ice cream and picked a pumpkin from the patch too.
Because we knew we would be gone for the whole day, we utilized a coupon for a free day of boarding at PetSmart for our dog, Hope. The only drawback to boarding her though was that we had to make sure we arrived back at PetSmart before they closed for the day.
Well, we were in the middle of eating our ice cream when Amanda realized that it was 5pm, and we were approximately an hour drive away from PetSmart, which closed at 6pm. So we loaded up in the minivan and raced against the clock to get there on time.
Well, maybe "racing" wasn't the best idea, I realized as the blue and red lights flashed behind me. How fast, you ask? 76 in a 55. Yep, >20mph over. Truth be told, I really didn't realize I was going that fast. The happy ending to this story though, is that after collecting my license and returning to his car, he immediately and briskly walked back, handed me my license, and informed me that he's letting me off with a warning. Then he briskly walked back to his car and sped off after someone else.
I don't know if they were in the hundreds of mph range, or if it was just Amanda's prayer just before pulling over. But whatever the reason, grace was given that day, and we gladly accepted it.
And we actually made it to PetSmart in time. Right at 6pm. On the nose.
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