We finally made it to Tropical Sno!
Ah yes, the famous, blue and white shack serving sugar coated snow, basically. 
I used to come here almost every single day during the summer in high school. Once after the pool or beach (well, river beach) and once at night with “the gang.” What was your high school hang out spot?
My favorite flavor used to be Tiger’s Blood (I know, weird) which is an uber-sweet concoction of strawberry and coconut. I saw that they’ve added mango to their menu since my days, so I got strawberry mango!
Just like I remembered!
HUGE, cold, icy and sweet.
Ok, REALLY sweet.
Ben and I both devoured ours…
Then decided that it would be awhile before we could come back. Sugar belly!
Regardless, it was a fun little summer date activity and fun to reminisce!
In other news, guess what I woke up to this morning? Guess?! MORE RAIN!
This has been the rainiest June I can remember, but honestly I can’t complain because 99% of the time it’s raining, I’m at work. It’s usually clear in the early morning when my Mom and I walk, and in the afternoons/evenings when I run.
I really feel bad for all those summertime, child-care providers! They’re busting out a lot of arts and crafts projects this summer, I’m assuming.
I remember when I was a day camp counselor in Japan for a summer in college, one of the months we were there was during the rainy season. Every single day for that month, it would just POUR for like 3 hours, non-stop, which meant that we were utilizing the craft room…a lot. I was seriously scared my little 2nd graders were going to turn on me if I made them create another God’s eye from popsicle sticks and yarn…
At any rate, before the showers came down, I managed to snap a pic of my breakfast outside – a Bagel Thin + Almond Butter!
This basically used up the last of my crunchy roasted flaxseed almond butter jar… which I may or may not be utilizing for another type of breakfast tomorrow.
I stand behind my review of these Bagel Thins. I wish the bottom half was a little thicker, but overall – real good!
Due to Ben’s decision to opt for a meatball Subway sandwich for dinner last night, I get Grilled Asian Tofu leftovers for lunch! Wheee!
I forgot to tell you that I added a couple drops of sesame oil and a couple shakes of sesame seeds on top of the dish.
Sesame oil is one of my very favorite ingredients because a little goes a looooooong way. It’s such a deep and satisfying flavor. A little dab’ll do ya!
I also packed a container of sweet, succulent cherries.
All together now!
In other news, I have a hilarious/exciting package to pick up today that I can’t wait to show you guys tomorrow. It’s…funny…!!!
On that note – it’s almost FRIDAY! TGIAF dance! What are you doing this weekend?
And on that note – it’s Three Question Thursday!
1. Did you go to summer camp as a kid?
2. Are you a procrastinator?
3. What’s your favorite ride at the amusement park?
My answers:
1. Heck yes! My favorite being horse camp when I was in 4th grade. Being the shortest girl in camp, I got the shortest horse in camp. Brownie was practically a pony, and we were like this.
2. THE WORST! However, I feel like I work best under pressure. 
3. Bumper cars when I was little, roller coasters now!!
Tiger’s blood – great name!
1. Did you go to summer camp as a kid?
Noo! I don’t thinkwe have them in England!
2. Are you a procrastinator?
Sometimes..it depends what I need to do!
3. What’s your favorite ride at the amusement park?
Rollercoasters all the wya
I always wanted to try tropical snow when I was in Ames, and actually didnt get around to until days before I moved away. but I KNEW I needed to try it before I left. I hate that I teased myself because now I just want it again all the time!
I went to summer camp since I was 10, then I was a counselor there for 3 years. I wish I could just never grow up and spend every summer there. To say it raised me would be a lie, that place was seriously home. I miss it every day!
xo-Molly
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Those sno cones look yummy!!
Those sno cones are insane! Seriously, I’ve never seen something like that.
1. Did you go to summer camp as a kid?
Yes! I loved summer camp and would always cry at the end of the week. I still love the smell of bug spray. Not having summer camp is one of the draw backs of being an adult!
2. Are you a procrastinator?
No. I was always the kid who was in bed early the night before a test because I’d been cramming for weeks.
3. What’s your favorite ride at the amusement park?
I like rides that go in circles and make you feel weightless.
Oh man, this place at Nags Head had the BEST Tiger’s Blood!!! I think theirs was cherry, orange, and something else…my favorite!
1. Yeah, church camp almost every summer!
2. Definitely. Unless it’s something I really WANT to do; then I have no trouble working on it.
3. Roller coasters!!! I love them. All of them.
1. Heck yes! I had my first kiss at summer camp. I went to an all-girls summer camp (a la Parent Trap) in New Hampshire & there was an all-boys “brother camp” on a different lake near by. We used to have dances with the boys camp (when we were old enough) and met my first crush there! Ohhh, memories! Can I go back?? haha
2. Sometimes. It depends on what the task is.
3. Roller coasters! My fav is “The Hulk” at Universal Studios in Orlando!
1. Yes! Overnight summer camp was my favorite, so much so that I became a camp counselor once I was old to enough!
2. Nope. Always try to get things done early (I think this came with age, can’t say in my younger years I was quite the same way hah)
3. Roller Coastersssssss!!!!
Yay for flavored ice!!! ;D
1. I loved summer (and winter) camp!!! And horse camp!! And even though I alsways was the shortest too, I got a huge horse but never had to put on the saddle myself because I couldn’t reach all the way up! I always got all the help I needed!
2. Don’t even remind me of that!!!! I’m the worst!! But like you wrote! I am really great under pressure!!!
3. Bumper cars and roller coasters where always my favorite! Haven’t been in an amusement park in ages so I don’t know exactely! :/
1) Yeahhhh of course! Camp Aldersgate church camp in Villisca, IA was where I went! One time I went to this zoo camp thing and we got to spend the night in the Henry Doorly Zoo! It was awesome!
2) I’m the same way – procrastinate and then bust it out at the last minute. I really do work better under pressure!
3) Roller coasters have always been my favorite.
1. No summer camp for me. I think that’s why I loved Camp A so much! Fulfilling a childhood dream.
2. Not a procrastinator at all. Actually a big pet peeve of mine.
3. I liked the ferris wheel and bumper cars!
1) No, I didn’t!
2) Never procastinated about a thing in my life!!
3) Huge fan of ANY ride!!
1. Yep! I went to the YMCA’s Camp Wapsie…loved it!!
2. Yes, unfortunately I only work well under extreme time pressure..
3. I HATE roller coasters!
1. I went to day camps during the summers. One year with school we spent a week at camp, and I hated it!
2. I’m a procrastinator for sure!
3. I’ve always like spinning rides.
TGIF for me!! Today is my Friday. (all summer long i work a flex schedule.) Do I call it TGITh??
1. I did a few sporadic weeks at day camps growing up. Most of my summers were spent taking (and teaching) sailing lessons at the Bass River Yacht club and Tennis lessons down the street at the South Yarmouth Tennis Club.
2. Nope, never really been one for procrastinating. I like to get my sh*t done.
3. Rollercoasters!!
I did Camp A in college too, went to Texas, definitely not as exotic as your experience. I did save the majority of the stipend money and was able to get 12 semester hours of credit which let me graduate from University of Iowa a semester early. Totally worth it.
I wish we had a topical sno hut
1. Yep. It was called St. Augustine’s Day Camp.
2. Yes. However, I think I get more accomplished under pressure.
3. Carousel. Now it’s mini coasters (like the runaway mouse or flitzer).
1. I would always go to 1 week of sleepaway camp. It had a western theme which made it fun.
2. I am terrible procrastinator when it is something I don’t want to do.
3. I love roller coasters but not the kind that shoot you out really fast just good old fashioned ones.
BTW, my sister-in-law’s mother just got back from Italy. She said it was the most amazing trip she’d ever been on. Gorgeous!! She also said that Positano was just like a scene out of Under the Tuscan Sun. I hope you have the best time ever!!
I miss sno cone stands! The only ones I know of in my area are sketchier than norm. there used to be a Rainbow sno when I was a kid, right on the main street in sioux city– loooooved that place!! Tiger Blood sounds really familiar
That tofu meal looks insane. I always feel uneasy buying tofu because I’m never sure who long it stays good or how to store it.
1- I used to go to bible camp but I never went to a fun camp for an interest I had! I’d just rather stay home and play with my sister at the pool, go to the sno cone stand and read!
2- Yes- I don’t know any other way to be!
3- I like the roller coasters that I have to be forced into- because it’s sooo scary and when I’m done I’m in love:D
This brought back memories–I used to always get the Ocean Pacific flavor! (Another weird name… Why not Pacific Ocean?!?!)
Ours was on the square of our small town and my friends and I would ride our bikes to TS every day. I was really bad at riding one-handed, so it was always hard to ride home with a sno-cone in one hand and only one handlebar in the other! Haha.
1. Yes, I went to a church camp (hated it) and a horse camp too! My horse was the BIGGEST HORSE at the camp–no clue how teeny tiny me ended up with it–named Sam, and I did NOT like Sam. It scared me to be like 10 feet off the ground! Sounds like your pony was better.
2. I am a terrible procrastinator, which makes me a bad role model for my students!
3. Hate roller coasters! I’m afraid of being that high and going so fast–maybe it’s leftover trauma from Sam?! …
1. Each year was a different camp– Girl Scout camp, Harry Potter camp, Living History Farms camp
2. At work I can’t really be, but BIG TIME in my personal life with assignments, cleaning, errands.
3. Water rides!
Girl Scout camp. Traumatized for life! Yes, procrastinate. Hate amusements parks. The rides make me sick
1. No summer camp for this gal. I spent my days playing little league and hanging out at the pool!
2. I can be a procrasinator when it comes to certain things, but I do feel I get more done when I am on a time crunch!
3. Roller coasters!
This weekend we are going to the College World Series. My husband plays baseball and loves the sport, so I thought this would be a great first Father’s Day present! Can’t wait!
Hey- This is off topic for this particular post, but I recently worked my way through the 9 week ‘couch to 5k’ and while I wouldn’t yet consider myself a runner, I’m working on it! That being said, are there a particular type/brand of running sneakers you prefer? I know this is a personal preference kind of thing, just looking for ideas!
Keep up the great reicpes, I’ve tried so many of them! To date, thai tofu pizza is my FAVORITE
1. Didn’t go to any traditional summer camps as a kid, but went to business camp when I was 15 because I got a scholarship through my dad’s employer. It was the worst! I so wanted to go to horse camp when I was a kid, but my parents said no.
2. Yes, until I have a hard deadline; then I’m a little worker bee.
3. Roller coasters! Just thinking about them makes me want to go to Valley Fair in MN right now!
yeah sno-cones…mmmm.
1. i went to soccer camp all the time as a kid…and i *still* work at summer camp–starts next week, can’t wait!
2. not really, i like to “do work”(rob and big?)ASAP.
3. the cyclone at coney island till astroland closed when i was 23…and i’ve been kingda ka ever since they first let passengers on. you *have* to come to jersey and try it some time, its unreal!!!
We did not go to summer camp. I have 8 brothers and sisters and we all just kind of took care of eachother. Some summers were longer than others.
I am now a procrastinator. Never used to be, as I age, it just seems like I have become more of on.
No real fav ride, but I do like the Ferris Wheel on Santa Monica Pier. Sometimes we ride our bikes from Venice to the Pier to go on it.
Tiger’s blood used to be my favorite too!! Now I love strawberry peach. I have got to get one of those griddlers. The pressed sandwiches you make and now that tofu look amazing!
1. I went to summer camp once as a kid, but their main activity was fishing and in the Texas heat.. it gets old REALLY quick.
2. YES!! It’s been one of my new years resolutions to change that for oh… the past 6 years? haha One of these days perhaps
3. At 23 I still love Disneyland as much as I did when I was a kid. Everyime I go I have to ride Space Mountain and Indiana Jones.. they are a tie as my favorite!
Love the sugar ice!
And all your meals look great!
I did not go to camp as a kid because I grew up in northern Canada and we were already in camp land haha
I am definitely a procrastinator BUT I always get everything done and put in a considerable amount of effort. That’s not to say I procrastinate with everything
I don’t care for amusement park rides- tummy! haha
What?! I was at that same Tropical Sno yesterday in the afternoon, but they were all out of mango. Glad they got it restocked!
1. I went to a Christian camp with a friend a few years and then Dance camp with our team during the summers in high school
2. Worst Procrastinator EVVVEr. As I type I should probably be moving some work off my desk.
3. Roller coasters. The scarier the better.
I used to love Tiger’s Blood!! I had no idea what flavors went into it though. Funny though, cuz I HATE coconut.
1) No, I didn’t go to summer camp as a kid. But I would go on overnight fishing trips as a kid w/ my dad & brothers. I love camping though!
2) I’m a big time procrastinator! I’m the kid that would be cramming the night before a test. haha
3) I don’t like rollercoasters. I’m afraid of heights, and I always feel like I’m slipping out of the seats.
I love non height-related rides though: bumper boats, etc.
1. This weekend is ‘family fun weekend (or ‘Lag’ which is Norwegian for ‘family’ I think) with my in-laws. So tomorrow morning, we’ll pack up the car and head on down to Harmony, MN to spend time with Carl’s dad, mom, brother, and sister. Should be fun!!
2. Show Choir Camps of America, baby!! i think that was both 8th and 9th grade. And then I did Summer Music Camp at St. Olaf for two years.
3. Oh yes, am I ever a procrastinator! Pressure = great results for this girl.
4. We used to go to Adventureland every summer, but I haven’t been to an amusement park since college. I absolutely loved roller coasters when I was younger – and still love the idea, so I’ll stick to it.
We always hungout at the shake and burger joint. Healthy…
1. Always went to day camp and away camp in the summers — loved it!
2. Uh, yes!
3. The octopus!
No I didn’t. I wished I had.
Oooh yeah. That’s why I’m on here LOL!
Ummm, the teacups @ Disney I guess. Ooh, and the matterhorn!
LOL you guys having a rainy June too huh? Well misery loves company girl cuz WA is being that way too. (Although I think it’s about to change!)
Have a great day Iowagirl!
Oh and our fave hangout was in front of the market in our itty bitty town. But I love tropicalsno; it’s the best! Great pics!
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Hi! I live in Des Moines, and I was wondering where that Tropical Sno is? My favorite flavor in college was always Tiger’s Blood too!
1. Oh lots of camps for this girl. Whether it was YMCA, Girl Scout camp, stupid “wagon full-o-fun” day camp in our city (boo arts and crafts outside when it’s like, 90) Plus it was the 5 year old neighbors and me, the 12 year old. haha.
2. I definitely work best under pressure too. Procrastinator all the way.
3. Love the Wild Thing at Valleyfair
1. Yes, I went to camp! And then was a counselor for 3 years :0)
2. Total, huge, horrible procrastinator.
3. Roller coasters!!
Tropical Sno is amazing! I love to enjoy one each summer!
YES I went to camp and I LOVED it! So much I worked there 7 years later
And I am a HUGE procrastinator. Like, major. But I really don’t get anything done unless I am under pressuere, sooo it kind of works for me. Or maybe that’s just my excuse
and I love the Sizzler!!
xo
Kris
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