Will Walk for Ice Cream

Great Northern Carousel

Thursday June 23

The Great Northern Carousel is a beautiful (I know, I need to find another adjective) carousel in historic downtown Helena. It has hand carved animals that are Montana themed…a bear, otter, mountain lion, buffalo and fish along with a dinosaur and horses. As you ride, there’s a game you can play. You try to grab a ring and toss it into a clown basket. I was too busy holding onto Liam, but Dave and Caleb caught a couple rings. After the carousel we walked to the Helena walking mall. We passed a group of kids passing out free lemonade. They were so cute. Then we stopped at The Big Dipper for ice cream. They had some unique flavors. Annabelle and I shared chocolate and huckleberry. Apparently huckleberry is a popular flavor around here and it was delicious! Now that we had our dessert it was time for lunch. We ate at a sushi and ramen restaurant. The boys love ramen and I was proud of all the kids trying edamame. This afternoon Liam had a nap, the bigger kids had a rest time, then dinner, playing outside, baths and watching Obi-Wan as a family. All this travel and seeing new things is such a wonderful adventure, but it’s restful and comforting to do some regular routine things as well.