Turtle Races!

So I haven't blogged much this summer about other trips we've been on so here it goes! :)

During the week of the Fourth of July we headed up to Big Boy Lake in Minnesota...my brother in law and his family have a cabin up there and so we went to join them for the week! While up there, we decided to take the kids to Longville...the Turtle Racing Capital of the World...not joking! :) The had such fun watching the turtles race and when it was their turn they were beside themselves! Over 400 kiddos registered that day to race turtles...it was pretty fun to watch!

When it was the kids' turn, they went to middle and each selected a turtle and went to the middle circle. When the announcer counted off and said "Go!", the kids all put their turtles down and headed out of the circle and watched to see which turtle would make it to the outer ring first...that turtle would be the winner. They also gave out a slowpoke award at each race! The kids had so much fun!!!!

The "racing" area!

Chris with his turtle:

Daniel with his turtle:

And they're off!


It was definitely a fun and interesting experience! :)