Published July 01. 2021 11:35AM
After many families missed vacations or a spring break over the past 18 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Lower Milford Township family was awarded a stay-at-home “staycation” June 5 by the makers of Cheez-It cracker snacks.
Jon Zerbini and his family were awarded a one-day simulated dude ranch vacation erected in their backyard after being selected the winner among 10,000 entries through the Twitter messaging website in March.
The experience included a bull-riding machine, a hot tub, a snack bar and a performance stage transported to the family’s Judy Lane residence as part of the Cheez-It snack maker’s promotional roll-out.
There was an abundance of the snack crackers placed strategically around the property as family and neighbors enjoyed the attractions.
Especially popular was the mechanical bucking bull.
As several youngsters and adults enjoyed the ride, other participants counted off the seconds for an impromptu competition as the ride operator off to the side of the attraction manipulated the “bull’s” gyrations.
As the day’s sponsors said repeatedly, “You can still have fun at home in your own back yard.”
Sunshine Biscuits, a division of Kellogg’s, makes Cheez-It snacks.
PRESS PHOTOS BY JIM MARSH Tyler Vosburgh, son of Jon and Nicole Zerbini, takes a turn on a mechanical bull ride, part of a one-day dude ranch vacation event erected June 5 at the Zerbini family home in Lower Milford Township by the makers of Cheez-It cracker snacks.
Nicole and Jon Zerbini display an abundance of Cheez-It snack crackers during a dude ranch stay-at-home one-day vacation event erected by the snack maker at their Lower Milford Township home.
Family members pose in front of the dude ranch stage erected on the Zerbini property by Cheez-It snack maker June 5. They are, front row, left to right, Brianna Allebach, holding Zerbini pet, Cinnamon, Kenan Allebach, Tyler Vosburgh and Nicole and Jon Verbini. In the back row are, Joshua Zerbini, Brian Allebach and Sherry Allebach.
Family pet, Cinnamon, with an assist from Jon Zerbini, tests the water temperature in the hot tub erected on the Zerbini family property for a snack cracker consumer promotion in Lower Milford Township June 5.
