Trip to Happy Hollow

We were totally out of shoyu (including all those little packages I had saved) so we decided to go to San Jose to do some Japanese food shopping. Well, as we were getting ready I told Daddy we should go check out the renovated Happy Hollow. Last time we were there Bailey was around 3 and they had some slides and picnic tables and maybe a ride or two and a nice zoo where you can get very close to the animals. I heard they added a petting zoo and did some updates (not thinking it'd be a big change or anything) so we decided to check it out. We stopped off at Mitsuwa on the way to pick up our shoyu and bento lunches and off we went. (without our shoyu by the way) We got to Happy Hollow around 11a and wow, the whole place is different! They had a nice entrance, the place looks nice and clean, they have new play structures and rides! First we had our lunch and then we wandered around to check things out. Gregory wanted to ride the roller coaster first so we headed for the ride area. I think they rode 4 or 5 rides, played on the structures and we shared a strawberry ice treat before heading out. We didn't even hit the zoo area! On our way home we stopped in Japan town (not realizing it was Obon!) to pick up some manju and shaved ice (and shoyu), but we had to pass on the manju since the place was just too crowded! Kids had a great time at the park and we'll have to plan another trip out there to see the animals!

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