Natural Bridge

I was reading the local newspaper a couple of weeks ago and noticed an ad that I had been hoping to see. We live about 30 minutes from The Natural Bridge here in Virginia and last year they ran a special that discounted admission to $2 a person plus one canned good per person for the food bank. We also did this last year when they ran this special and I was hoping we would be able to do it again.

 First we headed for a late lunch at the Pink Cadillac. Yes, this statue is really outside the restaurant. I am not sure sure you can see Bekah's face very clearly, but she was definitely NOT a fan of sitting this close to this guy!
After lunch, we met our friends Molly and Hannah at Natural Bridge. Molly and Hannah had never been to the Bridge before and we thought this would be a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon!

All the girls

 We headed inside to drop off our canned goods and pay our $2 admission. The gift shop is, of course, attached to the ticket area and we got a picture of the girls with the tape measure bear. We got the same picture last year so it was neat to see how they have grown in a year

Rachel    September 2012

Rebekah   September 2012

Rachel and Rebekah    September 27, 2013

 We then headed downstairs to the butterfly habitat and what used to be the toy museum and is now...
the kids arcade and indoor playground area. All the girls liked this area.

 

and the younger two liked to try Skee ball too!

 We then headed to the butterfly area. See if you can find the butterflies in these next two pictures. They were a little harder to spot this year.

 Except for the one Rachel found! That is actually a moth according to the worker there and it was literally the size of a small bird and as you can see there were several others of the same kind preparing to hatch. We asked about them and found out they would be released into the habitat the next day. I was actually glad... that moth was Huge!

 A trip to Natural Bridge wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Wax Museum. Brent and Bekah hung out with some new friends and the girls helped out with a checker game.

Of course, we made the trip down to the Bridge too. It was a this point that my camera battery completely died so this was the last picture we got of the trip. We had a great time seeing the Bridge with our friends. Though the Natural Bridge is possibly set to be auctioned before too long, we hope that we will be able to do this day trip again next year!

Our family, September 27, 2013