As we were driving down to the castle we were stopped in the road by 2 HUGE bucks crossing the road. They went on across and stopped on the hillside above us. We were able to snatch some good pictures of them.
This picture isn't the best, but it shows up the best.
The kids loved the castle and they were imagining what it looked like before it burned. They had all kinds of imaginative things. They showed us where they thought the "front" door was. We found one door which led into the basement and they decided that was the dungeon! LOL!
After spending lots of time here and walking all around it and looking off all the observation decks we ventured on down to the natural bridge. The kids thought it was pretty neat. Timmy at first was a little leary of it. He was afraid there were snakes. I told him not to worry that snakes didn't like natural bridges LOL! But he believed me.......
We didn't stay long at the bridge. So we went on over to the spring. We parked at the end of the spring and that is where the Lake starts. There were lots of boats floating around and lots of people swimming. The fish were even jumping out of the lake.
The walk was about a mile and a half. So it took the longest of all our walks. But it was a really beautiful walk. The spring they said was a cool 56 degree's year round and there was a nice fog off the water. There is even an island. There is also a huge rock that is balance on a cliff, but because of all the foliage you can't see it right now. I think this fall, maybe when the leaves are even changing we might go back again.
So after our adventure was over it was 5 pm and the kids were starving. SO off to the lake to find somewhere to eat. Hmmmm wonder where Travis might want to eat...Yep we stopped at Culver's. Travis thinks they have the BEST hamburgers. So that's where we always eat at the lake.
After getting the kids' bellies filled to the rim it was off to find some go carts to ride. We went down to the strip. Road around there. Got out did an arcade, which the kids LOVED and found the BEST lemonaid ever....travis's cousin man's the stand! We tried to go down below the dam to show the kids, but I guess because of all the flooding, it's closed off right now. We tried to show them from above, but you just can't really get the whole effect.
On the way out of the strip we stopped at a go cart track. Me and Elizabeth rode one and Daddy and Timmy road one and Cody had his own. We had fun. My cart kept back firing and was by far the SLOWEST. I had it gunned the whole time and Cody who was the last one out even passed me up.....
We went on down the road, headed back towards home and stopped at one other track. We rode them and afterwards found out they had a "Jr track" Timmy and Elizabeth were able to ride all by themselves! BEST $15 we have EVER spent!!! I have never laughed as hard as I did watching my kids race each other. Timmy is definatly my no fear kid! Elizabeth kept wrecking! It was definatly worth the money to watch them. Travis I think will even buy the next kid go cart he can find for them (worth the money of course!)
So that was pretty much our day. We had such a great time. And the kids loved every minute of it. I was suprised nobody fell asleep on the way home. It was 9 pm before we even got headed home. But they were pretty much out like a light once we all got home.
Here is the video of the 2 race car drivers!
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