As one of Alex's summer reading program activities we went to Castle Farms for his Fantasy category. I'd heard of it before but we'd never gone there. After looking more at their website it seemed like there were a lot of things the kids would enjoy.
We ended up spending almost 3 hours there and they would have stayed longer and played an entire game of giant chess if we hadn't been so hungry.
The trout pond was a big favorite, followed closely by the hedge maze with the elevated trains. They had fun following the scavenger hunt map we were given at the welcome center.
After Castle Farms we stopped at Fisherman's Island State park to have lunch and walk on the beach. The picnic area and day use beach is 2 miles back on a dirt road that due to the recent heavy rain was in less than ideal condition...but hey, we had set out on an adventure right? The picnic area was heavily wooded and sheltered from the wind. Which usually would be great but with this year's bumper crop of mosquitoes it didn't work in our favor. So we ended up eating in the car and then heading out to the beach.
