Our yard has been overrun by caterpillars these past few weeks. Trey loves to pick them up and befriend them. Some have been forced to listen to him read stories to them. Others have had to watch him go to the bathroom (he sets them on the back of the toilet when he pees). Most just end up in an old empty aquarium where I make sure they have enough leaves to munch on. So far, we’ve got 6 cocoons in there and I’m excited about Trey getting to see their transformation into butterflies (though Heidi rightly pointed out that we might just end up with a bunch of moths).
Here’s a video I put together with some footage I shot of Trey playing on the deck a few weeks ago.
This park is so fancy that it dubs itself a “resort park” on the state park website. Golf course, marina, lodge, restaurant, cottages, and a 48K acre lake! I did a bit of research to figure out why the park on Lake Walter F. George is called George T. Bagby but all I came up with was that they were both Senators from Georgia. Apparently prior to the lake assuming W.F.George’s name it was called Lake Eufaula after the nearby town.
It was a nice hot day when we visited it last weekend and we had fun cooling off in one of the beach areas on the lake. Trey and Heidi played in the water with some of the other kids and I went off in search of some photo ops. We spent so much time in the water that we didn’t even bother to hike the nature trail in the nearby woods.
Our friend Mike Lowery introduced us to the amazing Chinese cuisine known as dim sum last week. He took us to the Canton House in Atlanta’s Chinatown. The jasmine tea they served us as we sampled the dumplings was perfect. We’ll definitely be going back with mommy next time we’re in Atlanta together!
Georgia has 6 registered historic Indian Mounds sites, but only 3 are public parks – Ocmulgee is a National Monument and Etowah and Kolomoki are State Historic Parks. Last weekend we hit Kolomoki Indian Mounds on our trek through the southwest corner of Georgia.
We skipped the park museum (there was a $4/person fee and I’m never too impressed by the collections of Indian artifacts – nor is Trey) and headed straight to the nature trail leading to the great temple mound. The park has a total of 7 mounds but most of them just look like bumps in the ground (one we couldn’t even find). These mounds are supposedly the oldest ones in Georgia and date as far back as 250AD.
As usual, Trey got a kick out of climbing the “mountain” and the view from the top was pretty neat.
While at the Dogwood Festival I met artist Greg Stones and fell in love with his work. He creates miniature watercolor paintings of absurd and humorous situations – most involve penguins, zombies, mermaids, aliens, and/or flashers. His booth at the festival had everyone that passed by stopping, looking, then laughing out loud.
He had a children’s book called “Goodbye, Penguins” for sale that I bought a signed copy of for Trey. It follows 15 penguins as they disappear one by one (some more tragically than others). While definitely a bit twisted, Trey absolutely loves it. His favorite frame is the robot one and he laughs out loud every time the penguin falls in love with the mermaid.
Below is a slideshow he’s done of the entire book. My only complaint is that the images aren’t left up long enough for you to catch all the genius subtleties. You may want to re-watch it and pause on each scene. There are some penguin poops that will definitely get you chuckling.
This state park is tucked away in the very southwest corner of Georgia just miles from its southern and western state lines with Florida. The park isn’t very big (compared to most others) and doesn’t have any major attractions or features. However, if we lived nearby, I’m sure it would be one of those places we visited a lot.
The park is located around a cove of the huge Seminole Lake and is a popular destination for campers who enjoy fishing. It had a couple playgrounds, a single 2.2-mile nature trail, and some beach areas for swimming in the lake (though there are signs all over warning of alligators).
We stayed long enough to play on the playground and hike about half of the nature trail. Apparently, a lot of notorious Florida mosquitoes had crossed the state line and we were nearly devoured on the hike. I literally had a swarm of them around me! I guess winter is over and I need to start making sun screen and bug spray a habit again.
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