Last year we visited Santa's Village in Jefferson, NH in October and had a great time with cooler weather and no crowds. We decided to repeat the experience this year and went the weekend after school started.
Along the way to Santa's Village, in Rumney, NH, is Polar Caves. It's essentially a huge pile of very large boulders that long ago fell off an adjacent cliff, purportedly 50,000 years ago. The caves are the spaces between the boulders. Over the decades the owners have built a series of boardwalks and ladders through the caves that are very cool, both figuratively and literally.
Charlotte was a little hesitant at first but soon she was in the swing of it. We went through every cave and the girls even made it through the tightest cave: Lemon Squeeze. Mom and dad would have had to crawl on our bellies for Lemon Squeeze and we weren't keen to get that dirty.
Santa's Village has a policy that if you arrive less than three hours before closing your admission is also good the next day. So we always plan to get there exactly three hours before closing on Saturday and then spend most of Sunday at the park, too. Saturday afternoon we made a tour of our favorite rides before heading across the road to the campground.
That evening we had a cool thunderstorm. Unfortunately we only got to see a couple of nearby lightning strikes. We played bingo in the pavilion and the girls had their faces painted.
I think our favorite ride this time was the bumper cars. Most of the time there was no line so the operator would let the session go on forever and then would let us stay in the cars while a few people swapped out and then we'd go for another round. We had a blast.
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