One of our favorite places to visit is Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. It is hundreds of acres of trees, seasonal flowers, bike trails, hiking trails, etc. They have a free-flighted bird show(which is sooooo cool!) and the butterfly house is Fia's favorite place.
The 4th of July is a huge day at Callaway and we usually shy away from crowds...but we thought it would be alright if we just went during the day and left before the evening festivities. (the pretty blond is our friend Kassie who is home for the summer from BYU)
One of my favorite things to do there is rent a bike(or you can bring your own) and ride to the different attractions. The scenery is so peaceful(except for the occasional hoots and screams when we coast down a hill or go over a bump!). Here is Kassie and Sophia ahead of us in a bend in the trail.
They have these tandem bikes for kids who can't ride alone but are too big for the baby seat! These aren't too hard to steer and this time Fia and Nate were actually able to pedal enough to help! It was a very hot and humid day!
True Richard-style...he wanted his picture taken as well:)
We rode to the butterfly house....which is so cool. Well not so much in the summer. The butterfly house has to be at 80 degrees all year round so I was d.r.i.p.p.i.n.g with sweat while we were in there. I left and went into the gift shop to cool off....but not before getting this picture of Nate and Richard:)
Nate was hot too!
We also rode over to the chapel. There use to be lots of water flowing over these rocks and you could take off your shoes and cool off for a moment....but nothing but a trickle today! I am king of the mountain, you know!
The chapel is small and smells like your grandmother's house:) but it is beautiful!
After biking for 2 hours we changed into our swimsuits and headed over to the beach area. It was very crowded but we managed to find a spot that wasn't so bad. About 20 minutes after we got settled and just started playing in the water the storm came. We had to get off the beach. So we parked ourselves on the grass to wait it out...but then the sky dropped and we raced to the van...laughing the whole way! It was funny. I took this picture just before the rain started falling hard!
It is one of our favorite destinations for the summer! And if you come for a visit we will probably take you here as well!
4 comments:
SOUnds like you had a blast! I sure wished we had a Calloway here. You really give your memebership a good use!
I love Callaway Gardens :) Looks like you had fun!
Wow, that sounds SO much better than my trip!! Are you sure we were at the same place? LOL! It would have been fun to meet up! Although we might have ruined your great day.... :)
Ah, my favorite place to go in Georgia! No, I mean my second place to go...the Villamor's house is my most favorite place to go!
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