An Early Visit To Rogers Gardens 10/4/2013

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.  ~Janice Maeditere

We Saw The Advertisement And Could Not Resist! Christmas In October??

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
It was opening day!!

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
We arrived after a great meal at the Himalayan Grill

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
The first thing we see is the choo choo trains

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Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
There was two trains running today

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
We made choo choo sounds until we were asked to leave

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Talk about bright....

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
It was a beautiful day

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Year 50 and we have been going for over half of that

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Red and green everywhere

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Now this is red

Halloween Sneaked In

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Come on in.... We do not bite... too much

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Dark and full of great things....

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Scary but fun!!

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
How come he kept looking at us???

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
A neat factory complete with sound

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Mirror mirror on the wall... Who is the ugly guy??

Back To The Un-Scary Part

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Sue liked the little sunflowers

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Strange colors....

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Orchids are always pretty at Rogers...

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
The weather was perfect

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Red and green cacti

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Inside the trees are decorated and themed - This one for Brian and Jan

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Another view for Brian and Jan

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
We remembered Georgia who made these sixty years ago!

We Went To The Elks To Make Reservation For Sunday

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
We took a walk down the docks and visit the ships

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Great party boats

Then To Old Ranch Before Going To The Garden Grove Elks

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
We thought we would see the gang but alas... They left early

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Sue visits with Dori

Early visit to Rogers Gardens Christmas 2013
Donna gets the floor moving