Ely Snow Weekend with Kids

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President’s Day Weekend: Saturday – Monday, February 17 – 19, 2007

Tour Includes:

• 2 night lodging (room with 2 Queens)
• 2 full cooked-to-order breakfasts for the whole family
• 2 dinners for the children (ages 1 and up)
• 2 lunches for the children (ages 1-7)
• Childcare for 3 ½ hours, dinner Saturday (ages 1 and up)
• Childcare for 4 hours, daytime Sunday, snacks and lunch (ages 1-7)
• Childcare for 3 ½ hours, dinner Sunday (ages 1 and up)
• Childcare for 3 ½ hours, daytime Monday, snacks and lunch (ages 1-7)
• Fieldtrip transportation, entrance fees & activities at the International Wolf Center for children (ages 1-7)
• Cubby Bear lodge mascot tuck-ins at night for children

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Arrive in Ely and explore the downtown shops and galleries as a family.  Check in at the Grand Ely Lodge at 4 pm.  Drop-off childcare available in the Bear’s Den on the third floor of the lodge from 4:30 pm to 8 pm.  Parents can enjoy dinner and quality grown-up time in the lodge’s restaurant or at any of the variety of dining options in Ely.  The children will have fun playing together, craft time, dinner and games with experienced caregivers. 

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Morning
Start the day with a full, hot breakfast for the whole family in the Evergreen Restaurant in the lodge.  If you are early risers, enjoy the lodge’s swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and chilren’s pool for a wake-up dip. 

9 am – 1 pm
Pick your outdoor winter activity for the day: snowshoeing, skiing Ely’s extensive system of groomed trails, or dogsledding (with prior reservation).  Daytime childcare is available in the Bear’s Den from 9 am to 1 pm.  Leave your carseats with us because after a morning snack we’ll be going on a field trip to the International Wolf Center.  The Wolf Center has a new children’s exhibit geared towards pre-schoolers that toddlers also love.  We’ll get to touch a wolf pelt and watch real wolves play in the snow through the window.  Children and caregivers will return to the Bear’s Den for a tasty, fresh lunch.

Afternoon
Family time.

4:30 – 8 pm
Dinnertime drop-off childcare is available again today in the Bear’s Den from 4:30 pm to 8 pm.  There’s even time for a quick sunset ski or stroll before dinner, while the children enjoy craft time, dinner and games with experienced caregivers.

Monday, February 19, 2008

Morning
Start the day with a full, hot breakfast for the whole family in the Evergreen Restaurant in the lodge. 

8:30 am – 12 pm
Pick your outdoor winter activity for the day: snowshoeing, skiing or dogsledding (with prior reservation).  Daytime childcare is available in the Bear’s Den from 8:30 am to 12 pm.  The children will be served a morning snack and an early lunch.  Checkout from the Grand Ely Lodge is noon.  Drive home while the kids nap in the car!