When I was a kid growing up in Madison, VA, my parents used to take me to Chris Greene Lake in Charlottesville. It is a lake but with sand surrounding it so to a kid it's like the ocean. I remember it fondly and with us not taking a beach vacation until Sept this year I was thinking of quick weekend trips. And thought of this place. We even have a very good friend in Charlottesville that allowed us to take over his home. Thanks Robb! So here is a "quick" report on our first weekend trip with two kids.
- Two hours in the car with Aiden is too long. He does not sleep well in the car and gets bored of sitting there pretty quickly. But we survived.
- Owen still loves to sleep in the car and is a pretty easy rider. However he has started the "are we there yet?" questions.
- Owen LOVED Robb and we thought it was super cute he called him Mr. Robb the whole time. He wanted to play with him all the time.
-Owen loved his room at Robb's. He even kept wanting to take Mr. Robb up there to play.
- We were pleased that Owen slept so well for nap and bedtime in a strange bed and room.
- Aiden as well did pretty well with the change of bed, but it was very bright in our room so he was awake very early.
Now report on lakes. Sat afternoon we had some thunderstorms but they ended quick so we decided to take the risk and head out but go to one that is closer to Robb's house. It was called Mint Springs and was wonderful. The lake was beautiful and clean and not very crowded. We had to wait 10 minutes when we got there after the thunder, so we had fun digging in the sand. And then when we could Owen ran right in, well to his waist at least. He can be timid with water so we were impressed. The adults all had fun swimming around and the boys jumping off the floating dock. Aiden enjoyed kicking his legs in the water and hanging out with us. Owen's favorite activity was collecting shells. However they were snail shells and some were still living in there. So Omer and him created a little wading pool for Owen to collect the shells and store them there. He took some of the empty ones home and we thought after a good washing they would be fine, but even over night they really smelled. Owen was sad to lose his shells.
Sunday morning we headed to Chris Greene Lake which was disappointing. Once again Owen was beyond excited and for a kid that does not run away from me often, he was sprinting down the hill, kicked off his shoes at the sand and right to the water. This one was not as nice because there was goose poop every where, disgusting. The water and beach were just not as clean. And for Owen there were no shells, the biggest disappointment. So if anyone is interested in going I would go to Mint Springs.
Overall our first overnight trip with two went fairly well. Car ride just rough with Aiden but while there they both did awesome. And we had so much fun at the Lake Beach and look forward to when we go to the real beach.
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