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our in today's drive series continues
today this time with a trip to the Omni
Homestead Resort and if you're thinking
of trying to get in a last quick trip
before the summer ends now is the time
to do it that's right they are offering
what they call the great American family
vacation a vacation package that offers
endless activities that you and your
family will love
there's nothing better than traveling
with your family when we travel we bond
so I decided to grab my girls and come
here to the Omni Homestead Resort to
make new memories with their great
American family vacation girls are you
ready to have some fun yeah let's go all
right Richard we're excited to come back
to the homestead we do this every year
and we look forward to it but you have
something called the great American
family vacation tell me about that well
the great American family vacation at
its core is a celebration of the family
vacation it celebrates not only the
wonderful array of activities that we
have here at the homestead that
celebrates the family unit and the
interactive nature of the family so
we've taken all of our core activities
and whether that be ziplining archery or
mini putt-putt golf and augmented that
with additional activities that are all
family centric we ventured out to
explore as many activities as we could
pack in in one day and here at the Omni
Homestead Resort they make it easy to do
just that
we started our day here at the
equestrian center the stables house
nearly 50 horses and they offer all
sorts of different types of horseback
riding for both kids and adults but the
girls and I decided we wanted to take a
carriage ride Duke and Duchess were
saddled up and the girls were able to
say hello before we headed out we loaded
in and took off on a relaxing ride
through the wooded trails
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we really did and on a hot summer day
there was nothing better than taking in
a cool mountain breeze under the cover
of the trees after our goodbyes we
headed off to our next activity since my
girls love anything messy and crafty we
headed over to the tie-dye tent here
they had everything they would need to
create a one-of-a-kind tote and backpack
the employee showed the girls how to tie
the rubber bands to create different
designs and how to place the dye for the
best result
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good job I think we got all the green
for lunch we headed over to Woody's a
great family spot that serves up some
good casual fare
all right Severn we're sitting here in
what is now known as Woody's one of the
many restaurants that you have here at
the homestead and you just renamed it or
woody right yes a long time maitre d
woody fed us he recently passed away he
was here for 67 years we went to
remember him and we named the restaurant
because his didn't be remembered about
being the maitre d and you know his job
at the homestead he wouldn't ever be
remembered on his passion which was golf
off family and friends and well this is
where he'd come after golfing and his
favorite course was the old course he'd
come here have a have a burger have a
beer what's better than changing a
restaurant named of immortalized someone
in his favorite pastime for pizzas and
burgers New York style pizza mm-hmm with
a you know traditional New York style
crust and a fire oven I'm gonna have the
maitre d burger and obviously this is
named of woody the maitre d burger
this is his burger so we have a it's
coated in gold to show elegance you know
Maitre D' it's elegant it's a prestige
of the main diner how are we gonna
capture the main dining room in a burger
restaurant let's put some gold on it for
the little ones they shared a pizza and
a chocolate shake and everyone walked
away happy and satisfied after lunch it
was over to Allegheny Springs for a
quick swim and to take in a little
activity they simply call the duck race
that's right a rubber duck race kids
choose a duck and watch as it floats
along the lazy river with a little help
of course and when it was over we were
thrilled to learn it was my daughter's
Hawaii five-o duck that crossed the
finish line first when the day was
coming to a close we headed to Fiesta
Friday for a picnic dinner with live
music we made smores around the campfire
and stayed out late to watch the
fireworks
it was the perfect day a day that not
only brought us closer together but also
created memories that will last a
lifetime
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we had such a good time look like so
they having everything gonna do and they
make it so easy for you I know you
didn't have to get your hands dirty I
was thrilled about yeah and the duck
race isn't that cute I love ya and we
just scratched the surface there are so
many activities to choose from just log
onto their website the homestead dot-com
for more information and there's a link
to the great American family vacation