"Hiking" to the falls
Picking Pumpkins
"T" took this photo-we are impressed!
"monster faces" the kids favorite way to pose
My husband and I think it is fun to surprise the children with weekend "outings". This weekends outing was to Burt's Pumpkin Patch and nearby Amicalola state park in the north Georgia mountains. When going on surprise "outings" we try not to reveal the destination which I am starting to think is more fun for my husband and I than for the kids. After driving about 30 minutes this conversation ensued:
Son:"do you need a map"?
Husband: "we have a map (pointing to our GPS attached to the windshield)
Son: "dad do you EVEN know where we are"?
Husband: "yes son"
Son: "Well I know where we are, we are in the middle of nowhere"
The pumpkin patch was fun...well the sort of fun you have with five hundred other families that have made the same 2 hour drive from Atlanta to enjoy a peaceful and serene (traffic, crying kids, long lines) afternoon in the mountains.
After the pumpkin patch we hiked to Amicalola falls which were quite beautiful despite being crammed onto a tiny viewing platform with about 20 other day hikers.
If you asked the children what the best parts of day were I think this is what they would say. "T" : "not being stung by a bee" and "J" petting every dog that came within 100 yards" OK I added the 100 yards part.
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