Lake Forest City Scavenger Hunt

We were planning on Ina arriving about a week before she actually made it. However, due to some delays in paperwork she arrived a day before a big event: the Girl Scout City Scavenger Hunt. This is a day where Celeste and I plan a series of secret events for the girls. We spend about 8 hours going from place to place so that they can learn about fun things to do in the City of Lake Forest. Poor Ina must have been very tired! She went to El Toro High School in the morning to register and then spent the afternoon with us going from one thing to another. She seemed to have fun and got to meet several of Bethany's friends. I think this helped her get more comfortable with our family and what we are like!

Rather than writing much more, I will share some pictures from the day.

Ina was able to sleep well after this busy day!

- Rob


Stop # 1 - Bead Store
Every girl made their own bracelet with beads.


Stop # 2 - Arthur Murray Dance Studio
The girls received a lesson in Ballroom Dancing (like Dancing with the Stars on TV)


Stop # 3 - Lake Forest City Hall
The girls got to play table tennis (ping pong). We were also supposed to be able to play Guitar Hero on Xbox, but they forgot to set it up.

Stop # 4 - Bowling
Notice the very fashionable shoes that they got to wear!


Stop # 5 - Dinner
We ate pizza and played Air Hockey.


I have no pictures from Stop # 6. This was a geocache which is a hide-and-seek sort of game played with handheld GPS devices. The geocache that we found was hanging in a tree disguised as a bird house. I'm sure we will get more chances to teach Ina about this since we enjoy this game!

Stop # 7 - Orange County Great Park
This new park is just starting to be built. We did not get to ride the hot air balloon since the reservations were filled up when we got there. However, they had a live band playing. Ina did a GREAT JOB of showing the girls how to line dance to the band's music. I think this was the highlight of the day!





I have no pictures for our last stop. We returned home so that the girls could watch a movie. We setup a projector and computer with a large screen so that it was like a small movie theater for them.