It’s been a pretty cold, wet winter lately. For the holiday weekend recently we hoped to go play in the snow, but the weather looked a little much for us to traverse up there. So we relaxed around the house, swam at the wave pool (okay, the kids did, they couldn’t find all their swimsuits so the 12-year-old borrowed mine), and our 6-year-old hiked Mt. Pisgah with me during a misty break in the rain.
This current weekend is a little less rainy but still pretty cold, so we’ve mostly bummed around the house again, daydreaming of what we could do in the summer. The 6yo was watching YouTube videos about video games on his Switch, when I noticed the next video come on. Mario Kart at Enchanted Forest!
We all watched the video on the TV together. It was great! A cute story of some teens racing go-carts, in character from the game (and complete with silly jokes based on it), with owning the Enchanted Forest as the prize. This theme park was unanimously the kids’ favorite place we went to last summer. If you haven’t been there, it’s basically Oregon’s own adorably podunk version of Disneyland. They’ve worked on it a lot in recent years to make it even nicer. Our kids had a blast. And if you’ve read my posts from last summer, you’ll remember that Chris proposed to me there! We love it. The kids frequently ask if we can go to it again (like that day). Sorry kids, it’s only open in the warmer months. But this video helped us look forward to summer.
The kids that made the video went all out on props and costumes and go-carts to race around the park. We found out later that this family of teens is from Oregon but moved to L.A., and they’ve been in TV shows and movies. But we just liked watching one of our favorite games played out in live action at our favorite place! Now we just need to convince Nintendo to make an Enchanted Forest track for Mario Kart. I love the tracks they have for famous cities like Berlin and London. When you’re stuck at home staying warm in the winter, Mario Kart is a fun way to deal with the cabin fever.
Here’s the link to the video. Enjoy the story and daydreaming about summer fun!
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