Williamsburg Day Four

Hey Scrap Fans! Today was day four here in Williamsburg, VA. It was a day we seem to always have on vacations lately- Time Share Speil Day. We started the tradition of Time Share Speil Day many years ago, when we discovered if you were willing to give up time in your life that you'll never get back, you can get "free" stuff.

My parents have been working the time share system for years, and they are actually owners now. They bought their own time share in 2010 when we were on a family vacation in Myrtle Beach and they wanted to plan a trip to Disney (which we have yet to take.) Last year when we came to Williamsburg, they were offered a free lunch for the six of us and a $100 gift certificate to Lone Star. And they ended up buying another time share. 

Andy and I entered the wonderful world of time shares when I won a trip to Punta Cana through direct sales in 2008.  They offered us $100 spa credit and $100 casino credit. It took about 3 hours and some stern resolve, but not a bad take for touring beautiful rooms on an island paradise.  Our second experience was in Las Vegas where we sold four hours of our soul for two tickets to Cirque du Soeil and a free breakfast. We had to eat the breakfast with the salesperson, but she was pretty cool.  Not quite as big of a take as Punta Cana, but probably the only way I was gonna get to see Cirque.

So we all hung around the room until lunch time and then headed to the reservation office for our lunch voucher. They sent us to a cute little 50's-style restaurant called Tony's American Grill, where we had burgers and cheesesteaks. 

After we finished lunch, we went back to the room and got separate cars so my parents could go "answer a quick survey" (ie endure high pressure sales tactics to obtain free gift.) it started to rain and Abby stayed back to do teenager stuff. Andy, Libby and I drove to Ft. Eustis to get Busch Garden tickets for my parents for the following day. While we were there, we visited the PX and clothing sales. 

After Ft. Eustis, we visited a local micro brewery called Alewerks. They offered a tour of the brewery, but Andy didn't want to take it, so we just hung out in the tap room and sampled some flights. 

Even on leave, he can't seem to leave work behind...

But it doesn't stop him from drinking beer....

We left the Alewerks and (I) drove back to the room to meet back up. My parents recalled their horrible experience with the time share sales person who was absolutely rude to them. They did, however, still get their gift, and we decided to use the $100 Lone Star gift card the next day to have dinner after Busch Gardens, so we made something in the room. We bought some refrigerated pizzas from Harris Teeter when we grocery shopped. They were quite literally the worst pizzas I have ever eaten in my entire life. We decided to get ice cream a little later since our dinner was so terrible. 

Andy and the girls wanted to go play mini golf (or putt putt, as Andy insists on calling it). Since mini golf is one of my absolute least favorite things to do, I opted to drop them off at Pirate Cove and drive my parents around to a few stores. While they golfed, we visited the Croc Outlet, Lane Bryant and the Christmas Mouse.

They had a pretty good time, and Libby got a hole-in-one on the second hole!

After golf, we picked up the kids and Andy and headed to Cold Stone Creamery. I was a little bummed because they didn't have Salted Carmel ice cream. I was going to get the No Fair Funnel Cake, but I knew Andy wanted that and he has this weird thing about not ordering the same thing as someone else, so I got banana. I got it with chocolate shavings and white chocolate hoping it would be like Chunky Monkey. It was not. 

It was another good day in Williamsburg. It rained a little, but it didn't really effect our day.  We had some fun, took some pics and spent some quality time together creating lots of scrap-worthy memories! Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!