Taking it for Granite

What a great week at Stone Mountain that was! Our campsite was quite close to the lake in front of the mountain. You couldn't directly see the mountain from our site, but a short walk would take you to a breathtaking view. We went to the recreational part of the park for a 2 days, drove to the grist mill and walked around, learned about the quarry, and had good times at the campsite itself.  

​When we arrived at the amusement park type part of Stone Mountain, we had a blast! Nate went on all three levels of the SkyHike ropes course and climbed the 25 foot tall rock wall four times! Great job Nate! We enjoyed the eighteen hole adventure mini-golf tremendously. What we think to be a new addition to the park was a 50’ inflatable obstacle course, in which four people race through trying to jump on their mat at the end first. (The mat stopped the timer.) This course came with ups and downs, as I got smacked in the nose by a runaway vertical beam, and Beth got 2 large rubber burns. Player beware! Another hit was the train. This was a great break from the hot day, but was still interactive with all ages. 

We were so excited to see a giant Connect Four game this trip! It was outside the "Marketplace", the restaurant near the train station. We saw it on the first day at the "amusement park" part of Stone Mountain. If you don't know, we chose the name Connecting Four because we realized we needed to connect more with each other, and connect more with God. You can see what we did with it in the slideshow below!

The grist mill, which included a small splashing area in the creek, was fun for all of us. The older three of us enjoyed learning about the mill, and Nate enjoyed playing in the creek. The joke of the week was the sign at the grist mill, which you can see below. We also visited the Carillon Bells, which are played by a lady every Saturday and Sunday. She's been doing it for 40 years!

Both sets of grandparents visited us at the campsite, and we had lunch with them. Beth's parents came on Wednesday, and Ash's parents came on Friday. It was a blast!
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Our new griddle works great, and we had a great breakfast of pancakes and bacon that was cooked on it.

Our one problem was the leveling. The campsite upon which our RV sat was not very level. Thus, our jacks pushed the RV up too high, and two of our wheels were off the ground. For those of you who don’t know much about RVs, this is not good at all for the jacks. We finally fixed the problem with leveling blocks! They look a bit like Legos.

A few fun facts about Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain is the largest piece of exposed granite in the world, and it stretches for over 12 and 1/2 miles underground!

This trip was very nice. We went adventurous with the SkyHike and rock wall, and we relaxed with a short hike around the grist mill. We had a great time with grandparents, and we ate a great breakfast on the new griddle. Enjoy the slide show below!