Just for prosperity posterity kicks, I wanted to post pics of our recent trip to Stone Mountain, Georgia for Independence Day Weekend. The trip far exceeded our expectations and the kids had a blast at this not-too-far-away, educational-yet-fun-for-adults getaway.
If you have yet to go to
Stone Mountain Park, it is a trip you should consider adding to the list. I had visited the park on a middle school trip back in 1998 (hahahahah) and remembered how great the enormous lawn and laser light show was. This is a super duper place for the kids and the show (offered every night) is FREE! We spent 5 days at the
Evergreen Marriott Resort and every day was packed with fun!
The pictures tell the story pretty well and the smiles prove it.
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| Family pic in the hotel lobby with the mascot from the "Ride the Ducks" tour |
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| Cooper on the skyride to the top of Stone Mountain |
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| Cole on the skyride to the top of Stone Mountain |
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| A view of Stone Mountain carving from the skyride |
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| Headed to the top |
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| Ivy Mae at the top of Stone Mountain |
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| The kids at the top of Stone Mountain |
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| Daddy and the boys with an amazing view |
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| Top of the rock |
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| Taken by Cole |
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| Taken by Cole |
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| The boys hiking up to the overlook |
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| At the top |
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| They were amazed |
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| At the top |
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| After the skyride, we rode the train for the 5 mile trip around the base of the mountain |
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| On the train |
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| On the train |
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| Ivy loved the train. I packed treats in our cooler and this was a great time to enjoy them. |
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| After the train ride, Ivy took a brief nap on Daddy's shoulder. |
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| Waiting to enter the Yogi Bear 4-D movie! |
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| The beds slept quite well. Ivy's hair can attest. |
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| Caricature we did at the park |
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| Early morning duck boat ride! |
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| Waiting to board |
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| Waiting to board |
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| Lifejackets required for all kids under 10 |
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| Cooper |
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| Lucky Cole didn't have to wear the lifejacket since he just turned 10 |
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| Everyone got a "quacker" horn |
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| Captain Bob |
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| Crashing into the water was Cole's favorite part |
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| Cole drives the boat |
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| Ivy in the Captain's seat |
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| Cooper's turn |
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| After the duck boat, we headed to the putt putt course |
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| After putt-putt, we went to a mini-ropes course that had a zip line |
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| Cooper on the zip line |
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| Ivy on the ropes course |
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| "The Barn" is a 4-story indoor activity center with nerf balls shooting everywhere. Ivy helped return the balls. |
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| She loved picking up the balls and putting them in the "suction tube." |
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| Gathering nerf balls |
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| Cooling off in the splash pad |
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| Riding the water taxi to the laser light show |
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| An enormous breakfast buffet was included each morning |
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| July 4th outfit |
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| July 4th skyhike: The 4-story ropes course |
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| Strapped and ready for the skyhike |
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| Cooper and Jason did level 1 |
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| Level 1 |
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| Skyhike Level 1 |
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| Skyhike Level 1 |
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| Skyhike Level 1 |
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| Skyhike Level 2 |
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| Skyhike Level 3 - taken from level 2 |
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| Cooper climbed the rock wall all the way to the top! |
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| Cole is at the very top left |
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| Ivy is cooling off in front of the misting fan |
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| Ivy and Daddy |
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| Love this pic |
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| Cole and Cooper on the climbing wall |
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| Cooper made it to the top! |
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| Cole at the top! |
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| This is one hard-working boy! |
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| Brothers! | |
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| Ivy hitches a ride! We were happy to be able to take a cooler to the park! |
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| Ivy in the museum - the mouth of General Lee's horse from the carving (to scale) |
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| On the tour of the 1800s plantation, the kids played games that were popular in the 1800s. |
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| Cooper plays hoop and stick |
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| Ivy plays ball and cup |
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| The animal farm/petting zoo at the plantation. |
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| In the 1800s schoolhouse, the kids sat at the teacher's desk. |
They are still talking about this trip nearly three weeks later. They love looking at the pictures and remembering all the fun we had. Since the laser show was at night, I didn't take any pictures. But you can check out the link at the top of this post to see more details on that.
Happy times!
PRECIOUS, FUN TIMES, CAT!!!!!!
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