We have lived in Gurnee for four years now and have never been able to attend the festivities for Gurnee Days. This year, however, we were able to go almost every day and had a great time!
We started out on Friday with going to Stories in the Park. This is put on by the library and was really fun. They read the stories from a huge book so that all the kids could see and also incorporated some music and games as well. There were a lot of families there and the kids seemed to love it. We are planning to start going to story time at the library this fall since it was such a hit!
After Stories in the Park we walked around the Farmers Market. This was different than other Farmer’s Markets I’ve been to. They had some booths with fruits and vegetables, however, they had a lot of booths set-up with different craft items like quilts, homemade jewelry, flowers, picture frames, etc. We stopped by one booth that had homemade sauces, soups and salsa’s. You were able to sample a lot of the items which was nice. We bought some soup and vodka sauce. We also bought some kettle popcorn from another booth. I’ve never had kettle popcorn before and loved it. It was sweet and salty at the same time.
On Saturday we decided to have lunch at the fair and check out the rides. We had burgers and snow cones. There were a lot of food booths set-up and places to eat in the park. The rides were fun and there was a good variety, they had my favorite ride growing up…the swings. Reese went on the ride where you sit in a car and ride in a circle, she was a little scared at first but ended up loving it! They also had fire trucks and ambulances out where kids could explore and check-out what the insides of the trucks look like and speak to the fireman. The rides are set-up right in Viking Park next to their big playground. Of course we had to stop there for a little while for the swings and slides.
On Saturday night we went to see the fireworks. We found a perfect spot in the park to watch these. They put on a great show. We ended our weekend of Gurnee Days with catching the end of the parade on Sunday. It was entertaining and a great time for Reese. There were floats from local businesses and some marching bands and of course lollipops and other candy thrown into the crowd.
We had a wonderful weekend and can’t wait for Gurnee Days next year. There were many other events that we weren’t able to make that sounded like a lot of fun like the Movie in the Park, Bike Rodeo, Baby Contest, Gurnee Idol and Dance and many more. Hopefully next year we can spend even more time there and see the things we missed this year!
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We started out on Friday with going to Stories in the Park. This is put on by the library and was really fun. They read the stories from a huge book so that all the kids could see and also incorporated some music and games as well. There were a lot of families there and the kids seemed to love it. We are planning to start going to story time at the library this fall since it was such a hit!
After Stories in the Park we walked around the Farmers Market. This was different than other Farmer’s Markets I’ve been to. They had some booths with fruits and vegetables, however, they had a lot of booths set-up with different craft items like quilts, homemade jewelry, flowers, picture frames, etc. We stopped by one booth that had homemade sauces, soups and salsa’s. You were able to sample a lot of the items which was nice. We bought some soup and vodka sauce. We also bought some kettle popcorn from another booth. I’ve never had kettle popcorn before and loved it. It was sweet and salty at the same time.
On Saturday we decided to have lunch at the fair and check out the rides. We had burgers and snow cones. There were a lot of food booths set-up and places to eat in the park. The rides were fun and there was a good variety, they had my favorite ride growing up…the swings. Reese went on the ride where you sit in a car and ride in a circle, she was a little scared at first but ended up loving it! They also had fire trucks and ambulances out where kids could explore and check-out what the insides of the trucks look like and speak to the fireman. The rides are set-up right in Viking Park next to their big playground. Of course we had to stop there for a little while for the swings and slides.On Saturday night we went to see the fireworks. We found a perfect spot in the park to watch these. They put on a great show. We ended our weekend of Gurnee Days with catching the end of the parade on Sunday. It was entertaining and a great time for Reese. There were floats from local businesses and some marching bands and of course lollipops and other candy thrown into the crowd.
We had a wonderful weekend and can’t wait for Gurnee Days next year. There were many other events that we weren’t able to make that sounded like a lot of fun like the Movie in the Park, Bike Rodeo, Baby Contest, Gurnee Idol and Dance and many more. Hopefully next year we can spend even more time there and see the things we missed this year!
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