Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Pine Mountain, GA
We attempted our first vacation as a family of 4!!
We went to Pine Mountain, GA. I have been numerous times in my life. It is a fun place. With cabins to stay in and lots of fun things to do. We went up there with Carolyn, Rollin (sister & BIL), and baby Claire, and my Dad, Pam, and David and Bruce- my 7 year-old brothers. The drive is about 6 hours to get there. Carolyn and Rollin are actually only about an hour away so that was convenient because she got all of the food. We ended up getting there in the late afternoon on our first day. We decided to take a quick hike before dinner to prayer rock- which has an incredible overlook. I put Ryan in the Babyhawk on my back on the way there, but it was SUPER uncomfortable that way- so on the way back I put him on the front- at least that way I could support him with my arms if he got heavy. Reid ended up being carried by his daddy for much of the way. It was a beautiful hike.
We went to Pine Mountain, GA. I have been numerous times in my life. It is a fun place. With cabins to stay in and lots of fun things to do. We went up there with Carolyn, Rollin (sister & BIL), and baby Claire, and my Dad, Pam, and David and Bruce- my 7 year-old brothers. The drive is about 6 hours to get there. Carolyn and Rollin are actually only about an hour away so that was convenient because she got all of the food. We ended up getting there in the late afternoon on our first day. We decided to take a quick hike before dinner to prayer rock- which has an incredible overlook. I put Ryan in the Babyhawk on my back on the way there, but it was SUPER uncomfortable that way- so on the way back I put him on the front- at least that way I could support him with my arms if he got heavy. Reid ended up being carried by his daddy for much of the way. It was a beautiful hike.
We got back to the cabin and Carolyn made dinner. It was interesting to have a 12X12 room and 3 little boys in addition to 2 toddlers. It made for some frayed nerves on my part- I am working on that:)
We were worried about Ryan's sleeping as he doesn't really sleep all that well normally. AND we were sharing a cabin with Carolyn, Rollin, and Claire- who also doesn't sleep well. Ryan on top of that seemed to have some kind of illness wtih a stuffy nose. Needless to say the night did not go well AT. ALL. I think Ryan woke up every 1-2 hours. We were VERY tired the next morning. But we had to trudge on:) We went to Callaway Gardens, which was BEAUTIFUL. We had a nice walk and saw a bird show. For lunch we ate at a good southern bbq place.
We decided to go ahead and do one more activity that day because rain was forecasted for the rest of the weekend. We went to the Wild Animal Safari park, which is always a hoot. You rent these HUGE nasty vans and buy these big food nuggets, then you feed all these exotic animals. We saw Cape Buffalos, Girraffes, Zebra's, Deer, Llamas, Pigs, Emu's, and many more. The kids LOVED it (well Ryan didn't really but he also didn't really get to nap.) It was a lot of fun.
That night we went back to the cabins and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs (I think). One night we did Smores too- YUMM!! Erik got to play with fire and drink beer, which is I think his zen place. We had another AWFUL night with no sleep. We HAD to go to FDR's Little White House though. THat was fun and is the same as I rememered it. Pam, Carrie, and I did sprints up the hill of states, which was fun.
After that we went and had lunch at a dissapointing restaurant, but after that had ice cream in town.
We made the decision that morning though that we were going to leave that evening. We could either stay another night with no sleep or drive home and not sleep but at least be home in our beds by midnight. The drive was uneventful and we have never been so glad to be home!!!
In summary, we had LOTS of fun during the day, and NO fun at night:) We will do it again next year and hopefully it will be more fun:)
We were worried about Ryan's sleeping as he doesn't really sleep all that well normally. AND we were sharing a cabin with Carolyn, Rollin, and Claire- who also doesn't sleep well. Ryan on top of that seemed to have some kind of illness wtih a stuffy nose. Needless to say the night did not go well AT. ALL. I think Ryan woke up every 1-2 hours. We were VERY tired the next morning. But we had to trudge on:) We went to Callaway Gardens, which was BEAUTIFUL. We had a nice walk and saw a bird show. For lunch we ate at a good southern bbq place.
We decided to go ahead and do one more activity that day because rain was forecasted for the rest of the weekend. We went to the Wild Animal Safari park, which is always a hoot. You rent these HUGE nasty vans and buy these big food nuggets, then you feed all these exotic animals. We saw Cape Buffalos, Girraffes, Zebra's, Deer, Llamas, Pigs, Emu's, and many more. The kids LOVED it (well Ryan didn't really but he also didn't really get to nap.) It was a lot of fun.
That night we went back to the cabins and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs (I think). One night we did Smores too- YUMM!! Erik got to play with fire and drink beer, which is I think his zen place. We had another AWFUL night with no sleep. We HAD to go to FDR's Little White House though. THat was fun and is the same as I rememered it. Pam, Carrie, and I did sprints up the hill of states, which was fun.
After that we went and had lunch at a dissapointing restaurant, but after that had ice cream in town.
We made the decision that morning though that we were going to leave that evening. We could either stay another night with no sleep or drive home and not sleep but at least be home in our beds by midnight. The drive was uneventful and we have never been so glad to be home!!!
In summary, we had LOTS of fun during the day, and NO fun at night:) We will do it again next year and hopefully it will be more fun:)
Monday, March 09, 2009
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