La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
I haven’t done a weekend review in a few months. I stopped because I figured everything I do couldn’t possibly interest everyone. However I thought that I would share if I did do something interesting. I think that our trip to Birmingham Alabama this past weekend definitely fits that bill. The Husband and I have been talking about visiting Alabama for a while now. Last week we decided to do it and then we had to decided what we were going to do. So we headed over to Groupon to see what deals were there. We came across Vulcan Park and Museum . They had a deal to where we could all go to visit for $12. We thought it would be a great place to take the kids since neither us or the kids had been. I don’t know I just enjoy having first experiences as a family.
So as soon as we woke up we got dressed and we were on our way. It took us about 3 hours to get there. It took us a while because we stopped to get something to eat and hung out at the place for a while. The ride was a pleasant one. We have a habit of not telling the kids where we are going because we like for them to be surprised and it prevents them from asking a lot of questions. I think they have gotten used to it because they didn’t ask any questions they just enjoyed the ride. We talked and chatted with each other or they read. When we got there they were surprised. They wanted to know where we were at and why we were there. We paid and entered. One thing that I really liked about Vulcan Park and Museum is that the park gives the kids a scavenger hunt to do while they visited. So while we were there the kids had to look for certain things both inside and outside the museum. This meant that they had to read and really pay attention to what they saw. It was actually pretty fun. Cause The Husband and I helped them. The kids were expecting to get a prize for doing it but were pleasantly surprised when the lady at the admissions window told them that their prize was that they learned something. I couldn’t help but laugh. You should have seen the expressions on their little faces but I got a kick out of it.
La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
After we saw everything inside we went outside and climbed the stairs to the top of the statue. There were a lot of stairs. I mean “A LOT” of stairs. All of us had to take breaks on multiple occasions. We were out of shape. I truly believe that even a person that was in tip top shape would’ve had to take a break on those stairs. There are 589 stairs inside of the statue. After we made it to the top we looked across the way and saw the elevator. Ha ha ha! We all cracked up laughing at that one. But we didn’t regret taking the climb. Either way you choose to get up there the view is well worth it. It was so beautiful. We thoroughly enjoyed. It was real fun. I highly recommend Vulcan Park and Museum for a nice family outing. However our trip didn’t here. Look out for another post to see where else we went in the next few days.
La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
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La La Land Mommy: Our Trip To Vulcan Park And Museum
That museum looks AWESOME!! My boys would love it there. I will add that to my list of places to see if I ever get out that way.
Robin (Masshole Mommy) recently posted…Fourth Cliff
This defnitely looks like an interesting place to visit. Our family is way overdue on a trip to the museum.
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Sounds like a super fun day. All those steps are what my Hubs needs for his exercise now. The therapist is trying to strengthen some of his muscles and climbing stairs is good.
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Looks like you guys had a really fun day together! The statue looks really cool.
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How cool. I loved in Birmingham for years and worked as an Event Coordinator at Vulcan Park! Glad you had a great weekend trip there!
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Looks like lots of fun! That view was amazing!!!
Wasn’t familiar with this place at all, looks like a ton of fun. We love taking the girls to fun AND educational places like this!
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This place does look sure cool! I know my three would love it here if we ever visited.
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What a fun day out with the kids! The museum looks great! Sure can tire you out though
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I most definitely would have had to take a break going up those stairs. Man oh man, that’s a hike. It all looks fun though!
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This looks like a really fun day! We all love most types of museums and I’m sure my kids would really have enjoyed the Vulcan Park and Museum had they had the opportunity to visit. Perhaps it will go on our bucket list!
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Love! Totally stealing this weekend road trip idea for my teen. It would be nice to just get away.
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I love exploring cities as a family! We’ve never been to Birmingham, although I think my husband and I have each driven through it. Will add it to our list!
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I think my husband would have a lot of fun here. My children aren’t quite old enough but maybe in the future we could visit! Very nice!
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I am glad I am not the only one that heads to Groupon for deals before traveling anywhere. It sounds like you had a great time. I would have loved the scavenger hunt.
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The Vulcan park and museum looks like a lot of fun for all the family! Wonder if there is such attraction here in Montreal, will have to look into that! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
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What a great day of fun! Adventures like that are always the best (& for $12 admission too!) great job planning this for your family!
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Oh wow what an amazing sounding museum, it sounds like you had a wonderful time as well 🙂 x
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It looks like you guys had a great time and you should definitely share your travels because many families are looking for family-friendly places to visit.
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This looks like a fun place to visit. I haven’t been to Birmingham in a long time….maybe it’s time for a visit.
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I would love to go to Vulcan Park and Museum! Sounds like you had a great time!
That is a very different kind of museum and park and I bet kids would have a great time there. Looking forward to see what else you did in your future post.
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I love visiting these kind of places – I wish I can visit and take photos of it myself too.
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I love taking my kids to the museum and we went every year when we lived in NYC. Seems like your kids had a great time. Thanks for sharing.
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I love taking trips to the museum. This one looks very interesting. I would love to take my family there.
I’ve never been to Birmingham. Sounds like Vulcan Park and Museum would be a must see stop if in the area, for all of the history it offers.
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That is funny about the stairs/elevator. 🙂 I’ve done things like that before too.
This does look like a fun place to visit.
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Looks like everyone had a great time! I think it is SOOOOO important to take advantage of places like these! Kids have so much fun. PLUS people work so hard in creating these nice family friendly places!
It looks like you all had a great time! I love the photos 🙂
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That looks like such a cool park to visit! I don’t think we have anything like that around here, I need to travel more.
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For that view, I think climbing those 589 stairs was worth it! Just beautiful!
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Loving all the pictures! Looks like you were all very adventurous!
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Judging by your pictures, you had fun! The climb was worth it I’m guessing. 🙂
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That looks like an amazing view. Your family saw a lot of great exhibits inside the museum. I’m a supporter of taking families to the museum for that reason. Glad you had a good time.
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I haven’t been to Birmingham in about 10 years or more. I remember some of the places there but I don’t think I ever visited this one.
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I love that your kids had the opportunity to learn about different animals and to learn more about them.
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Yes they love to learn especially when animals are involved.