Natural Bridge 2015

 Last week, we got to spend a little time at Natural Bridge. It was free admission day for Rockbridge County residents with a canned food donation per person so we were excited to get to visit the Bridge and spend some time with friends. Our friends, the Chittums were able to meet us there and we got to spend some time with our friends, the Coiners, who are moving in early August.

 These two littles had fun playing together in the visitors center while we got our free ticket sheets and got all our gear together.

 We chose to ride the shuttle instead of walk the 137 steps this trip. It was a very nice day weather wise today but probably a few too many steps for the little ones yet.

Just before the Bridge, they had an exhibit showing the butterflies found around the Bridge and an archeology exhibit including arrowheads found in the area and fragments of pottery.

The kids had lots of fun just walking along the creek near the Bridge. We saw butterflies, tadpoles, lots of fish and this critter sunning itself on the rocks!

These two little ladies were smart and decided to rest their legs and enjoy the wagon ride!

Here is the whole crew right under the Bridge. My camera has a zoom lens on it so it was impossible to fit the Bridge and the whole group in one shot!

We headed to the Monacan village to finish up our Natural Bridge trip. The girls all liked trying the cornmeal cakes, watching the basket weaving and looking into the replicas of their homes.

Our Family at the Bridge, July 2015

After we finished our couple of hours at the Bridge, everyone was getting pretty hungry, so we all met up at the Pink Cadillac restaurant nearby for some lunch.

We had a fun few hours enjoying Natural Bridge with some good friends. Thanks, Matt, Molly, Hannah and Aleah and Rebecca, Sadie, Scott, Tucker and Carter for coming to meet us! We had a great time!