How to Turn $5 Into a Million Bucks.
On a Sunday, no less!
- Pack the kids, bikes, first aid supplies (!) and lunch early in the morning.
- Drive to the Tesson Ferry trailhead of Grant's Trail.
- Unload bikes, fasten helmets, don overloaded backpacks.
- Pedal 1 mile up the trail to Grant's Farm.
- Park and lock the bikes and helmets in the conveniently-placed bike racks, thereby avoiding the $10 parking charge.
- Visit the Clydesdales at the stable because your 2-year-old likes horseys.
- Eat lunch on the conveniently-placed picnic benches, thereby avoiding overpriced fried park food.
- Ride the tram into the park because your 2-year-old likes trains and anything resembling trains.
- Feed the goats. Cost: $2 for 2 bottles of milk. Beam as the milk peddler actually compliments your 8-year-old on her politeness.
- Look at the kangaroos, the tortoises, the parrots, and the elephants (or alpha-ments, as your 2-year-old calls them).
- Take advantage of the 2 free beers at hospitality because you need them by this time. Purchase drinks for your kids. Cost: $3 for 2 kiddie drinks.
- Bike 1 mile back down the trail to the car, beaming again because everyone thinks your 2-year-old -- pedaling furiously and without complaint -- is the cutest thing on the trail.
- Load up and go home.
See? $5 turned into a million bucks. Worth every penny.
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